Teneriffe the most crowded Brisbane suburb, with Mermaid Beach taking the Gold Coast mantle: RP Data

The inner-Brisbane suburb to Teneriffe is the most crowded suburb in Queensland, according to RP Data. The suburb, which covers less than a square kilometre, has 4,699 people or a density of 6,518 people per square kilometre.

The office-dominated Brisbane City has the lowest population density in Brisbane, at a roomy 3,965 people per square kilometre.

Mermaid Beach is shown to have the highest population density on the Gold Coast, at 3,743 people per square kilometre, but the figures are based on permanent residents. As other areas of the Gold Coast have more temporary residents and are not reported in the statistics, Mermaid Beach with its single-familyhomes has come out ahead of more high-rise area.

"Mermaid Beach is mainly permanent and full of young children and families, that's why the figures there were the highest," property analyst Kerrie Young told the Gold Coast Bulletin.

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