Brisbane Suburbs

Brisbane is made up of 5 major suburban districts – inner city, northern, eastern, southern and western.

Inner City Brisbane – Residing in Brisbane’s CBD has only been a recent occurrence however it is now hugely popular. The majority of the housing is multi-storeyed apartments with very few stand alone homes. Inner city Brisbane is a cultured suburb and is made up mostly of single people and couples who have no children. The highly popular Royal Queensland Show, also known as the “Ekka”, is held here once a year.

Northern Brisbane – The northern suburbs of Brisbane are the older, more popular districts for families. With its reserves, parks and golf courses it’s easy to see why this area of Brisbane is more child friendly to the neighbouring inner city suburbs.
Here in the north the elite blend easily with the working class with multi million dollar mansions snuggled amongst worker’s cottages that remain in their original, not modernised state.

Eastern Suburbs – Scattered along the banks of the river are the eastern suburbs of Brisbane where the properties sprawl across the beautiful land. The eastern suburbs were once regarded for being an industrialised area with dairies, sugar mills, tree plantations, orchards and wool scouring and tanning.

Today the rural lands are more residential with restaurants, cafes and up-scale shopping though some areas of the bush land continue to remain untouched. For instance the Brisbane Koala Park can be found in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane and is part of the Brisbane Koala Bushlands. The Brisbane Koala Bushlands are a part of the Koala Coast Network, a network that contains one of Australia’s most important koala habitat areas where the land is undisturbed and the koalas remain protected.

Southern Suburbs – The Southside of Brisbane was once a heavily industrialised area but has become one of Brisbane’s most fashionable, highly populated areas and is home to one of Brisbane’s most popular tourist destinations, South Bank.
South Bank accommodates many prominent attractions from South Bank Parklands where the Queensland Conservatorium can be found amongst cafes and restaurants. The Wheel of Brisbane (a 60 metre tall Ferris wheel) and the Nepal Peace Pagoda which was erected in time for the World Expo ’88 which was held in Brisbane. To the cultural and education hub featuring The Queensland Maritime Museum, Queensland Cultural Centre as well as Griffith University.

Western Suburbs – The suburbs in the west of Brisbane are generally picturesque and semi-rural. It is relatively close to all the action of the Inner City Suburbs but is a more tranquil environment perfect for cattle and sheep farms or lovingly restored ‘Queenslander’ homes.