Email Australian bureau of statistics (something tells me you already have lol)
Lol, that's Brisbane City council. Like using Sydney City council which means roosters are only Sydney team!!
You're wrong. RedBlackBear is correct in his assessment of how the area's are identified and to be fair no one who lives in Ipswich or Logan say they are from Brisbane.
Matter of fact if someone states they live in Springfield and then get asked where that is, they answer by saying in Ipswich or part of Ipswich. If someone asks where Ipswich is they then answer by saying in Queensland. The entire Brisbane spiel is non existent.
Same could be said for example someone who says they live in Yarrabilba. They'll say it's in Logan or part of Logan. Then they'll say Logan is between Brisbane and Gold Coast and in Queensland. But they won't say it is Brisbane.
There's clear defined geographical separations and identities between all South Queensland cities and locations. This blanket is South Queensland and South Queensland has many areas included within.
Whatever the Australian Bureau of Statistics define is completely irrelevant to how locals who actually live and work in these areas perceive the areas to be.
If I had to guess here I would say Bear dude lives in or around south Queensland and you don't.
Just like in the NZ 2 thread it feels like once again non-locals believe to know and understand locations better than locals and to me that's wild.