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Australia / Oceania

Brisbane City Intelligence

Brisbane is Queensland's capital, a sub-tropical Australian city with strong outdoor amenity, growing tech and services activity, and active climate-adaptation work. Brisbane is a oceania city of about 2.7M metro in Australia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Brisbane sits comfortably above the indexed median (84/100).

Last updated
2026-05-07
Data year
2025
Population
2.7M metro

Overall score

Brisbane is most useful for users comparing outdoor amenity, growing services activity, and connectivity against heat and storm-exposure considerations.

Overall84/100
Affordability64/100
Air quality84/100
Energy78/100

Overall city intelligence

Strong

84/100

Strong outdoor amenity and connectivity profile balanced against housing pressure.

Outdoor amenity

Very high

Sub-tropical climate and outdoor amenity support strong daily life.

Tech-sector activity

Growing

Software, services, and finance shape rising opportunity.

Brisbane data table

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Brisbane city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score84/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living64/100Brisbane is moderately expensive on housing and central services, partially offset by amenity and service quality.
Air Quality84/100Brisbane has strong baseline air quality, supported by coastal context, with episodic bushfire smoke the main seasonal concern.
Energy78/100Brisbane benefits from rapid renewable build-out at the state level and one of the world's highest distributed-solar adoption rates.
Safety86/100Brisbane is among the safer large global cities, with low violent-crime context and consistent neighborhood experience.
Internet Speed84/100Brisbane offers fast fiber broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting a growing tech and services economy.
Climate Risk70/100Brisbane carries moderate climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and storm and flood pressure, balanced by active adaptation programs.
Resilience76/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

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Cost of Living in Brisbane

Brisbane is moderately expensive on housing and central services, partially offset by amenity and service quality.

Air Quality in Brisbane

Brisbane has strong baseline air quality, supported by coastal context, with episodic bushfire smoke the main seasonal concern.

Energy in Brisbane

Brisbane benefits from rapid renewable build-out at the state level and one of the world's highest distributed-solar adoption rates.

Safety in Brisbane

Brisbane is among the safer large global cities, with low violent-crime context and consistent neighborhood experience.

Internet Speed in Brisbane

Brisbane offers fast fiber broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting a growing tech and services economy.

Climate Risk in Brisbane

Brisbane carries moderate climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and storm and flood pressure, balanced by active adaptation programs.

City rankings

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Interpretation

Brisbane is most useful for users comparing outdoor amenity, growing services activity, and connectivity against heat and storm-exposure considerations. Its standout dimensions are safety (86/100) and air quality (84/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (64/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-07. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Australia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Brisbane appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

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Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Mock values are typed and ready to be replaced by API-backed city datasets without changing route structure.