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In this report, we provide some high-level demographic profiling and descriptive analysis of the Queensland Flood 2010-11 flood-affected Brisbane River catchment local government areas (LGAs): 

• Brisbane City Council (Brisbane) 
• Ipswich City Council (Ipswich)
• Lockyer Valley Regional Council (an amalgamation of the Shire of Gatton and Shire of Laidley since 2008) 
• Somerset Regional Council (an amalgamation of the Shire of Esk and the Shire of Kilcoy since 2008).

The profiling utilises the ABS Census as the primary data source (in line with project methodology) as well as official government reports for flood-related statistics. In presenting this information, we note that our demographic rofiling captures the overall population-level trends for these areas, which are affected by factors including migration and population growth. This enables us to present a baseline of the overall socioeconomic characteristics and conditions of these areas both prior to (2006) and post the floods (2011, 2016). This report is part of a series of demographic profiling reports which will be released for each of the project case studies.