I’ve used the ABS’s new National Regional Profile tool to pull out the population densities of some of my favourite places in Queensland – places where I’ve either lived, worked on interesting projects, wasted too much time, or where I know some of my readers are located).

Toowong, where I currently live, is a very pleasant place (except when it floods) and I can see no problems with densities of around 3,000 persons per square kilometre across our urban areas. There is definitely scope for further population growth in Ipswich’s eastern suburbs, and I expect to see its population density increase as Springfield continues to grow. I’m a little surprised Indooroopilly’s density isn’t higher, but that may be due to the footprint of the behemoth that is the Shoppingtown.