[1] The elections were held in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the same day as the state by-elections in Bundamba and Currumbin.

[3] In the 22 councils that use single-member wards (including Brisbane and the Gold Coast) OPV is also used.

[5] No form of preferential voting is in place, with plurality block voting (also referred to as first-past-the-post by the Electoral Commission) is instead used, where voters are only required to mark the same amount of candidates as there are positions to be elected − in the case of Ipswich, two candidates.

[6][7] 54 councils are undivided, meaning they do not use any forms of wards and all councillors are elected in a single area representing the entire LGA.

The sole exception to this is Brisbane, which is contested by the Liberal National Party, Labor and the Greens.