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Brisbane is the
state capital of the Australian state of
Queensland and is the largest city in that
state. With an estimated population of
approximately 2 million, it is also the
third most populous city in
Australia.
Brisbane is named
after Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of
New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. The
2006 census reported 1,763,131 residents
within the Brisbane Statistical Division,
making it the third largest city in
Australia. Brisbane recorded the largest
growth rate of all capital cities in the
last Census, with an annual growth rate of
2.2%. The median age across the city was
35 years.
The 2006 census
showed that 1.7% of Brisbane's population
were of indigenous origin and 21.7% were
born overseas. Of those born outside of
Australia, the three main countries of
birth were New Zealand, South Africa, and
the United Kingdom.
Approximately
16.1% of households spoke a language other
than English, with the most common
languages being Mandarin 1.1%, Vietnamese
0.9%, Cantonese 0.9%, Italian 0.6% and
Samoan 0.5%. Areas of significant overseas
populations were in the southern region of
Sunnybank where most of the a majority of
the Chinese population resided, as well as
residents of Middle Eastern
descent.
The inner southern
suburbs were considered the most densely
populated areas of Southern European
descent, primarily Greek and Italian.
There are also a major number of Bosnians,
Croatians, Indians, Pakistanis, South
Africans and Fijians in the
city.
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