Millions of ratepayers' dollars are spent on pools every year, but the Brisbane City Council believes it is money well spent, with visitation to the city’s pools increasing by about 17 per cent.

Between July 2017 and January 2018, the council’s 22 pools had a combined attendance of more than 1.9 million, which equals, on average, almost 9000 visits a day.

The most popular pool was Yeronga Pool which had 161,691 visits over the six months, while the second-most popular was Newmarket Pool which was behind by almost 6000 visits.

The Spring Hill Baths and Carole Park proved to be the least popular, with both falling short of 17,000 visitors.