The following table shows all wards to be contested at the 2016 Brisbane City Council election, ordered according to the two-party-preferred margin for the council election. The margin for the lord mayoral election is also included.
| Liberal National Wards | Labor Wards | ||||
| Ward | Council Margin | Mayoral Margin | Ward | Council Margin | Mayoral Margin |
| Northgate | LNP 1.7% | LNP 6.0% | Doboy | ALP 0.3% | LNP 4.8% |
| Coorparoo | LNP 3.9% | LNP 7.3% | Deagon | ALP 2.9% | LNP 1.9% |
| Holland Park | LNP 4.1% | LNP 6.5% | Forest Lake | ALP 5.4% | ALP 0.4% |
| The Gap | LNP 4.5% | LNP 7.1% | Morningside | ALP 5.7% | LNP 5.9% |
| Enoggera | LNP 5.6% | LNP 7.6% | Wynnum Manly | ALP 11.6% | LNP 1.1% |
| Paddington | LNP 5.8% vs GRN | LNP 8.7% | Moorooka | ALP 14.8% | ALP 2.1% |
| Marchant | LNP 7.6% | LNP 6.8% | |||
| Central | LNP 8.1% | LNP 10.3% | |||
| Runcorn | LNP 8.7% | LNP 12.7% | |||
| Bracken Ridge | LNP 10.6% | LNP 8.8% | |||
| Calamvale | LNP 14.2% | LNP 11.8% | |||
| Macgregor | LNP 14.9% | LNP 18.5% | |||
| McDowall | LNP 15.2% | LNP 15.5% | |||
| Walter Taylor | LNP 15.9% vs GRN | LNP 17.0% | |||
| Jamboree | LNP 17.4% | LNP 16.3% | |||
| Pullenvale | LNP 18.0% vs GRN | LNP 21.0% | |||
| Hamilton | LNP 19.7% | LNP 21.5% | The Gabba | GRN 6.8% vs LNP | ALP 3.3% |
| Chandler | LNP 22.3% | LNP 20.4% | Tennyson | IND 25.0% vs ALP | LNP 8.1% |