City of Ipswich community views

The Community Views team surveyed 386 residents from Division 3 in May 2023.

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Division 3 in Ipswich

Division 3 is made up of Dinmore, West Ipswich, North Booval, Eastern Heights, Silkstone, Redbank, Leichhardt, Collingwood Park, Bundamba, Newtown, Ipswich, Woodend, Booval, Coalfalls, Riverview, East Ipswich, Basin Pocket, Sadliers Crossing, One Mile, and Ebbw Vale.

Living in Division 3

Division 3 Overall Liveability Index
Ipswich
53.0
Division 1
52.8
Division 2
53.0
Division 4
51.1
Collected May 2023

Use the values and experiences matrix to understand the relationship between what your residents believe makes somewhere a good place to live and how they experience their local area in that regard. The matrix highlights the attributes that your community believe needs to maintained and improved to advance overall liveability.

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Division 3 Overall Liveability Index

Ipswich Overall Liveability Index

Division 3
Ipswich
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
66%
5.0
71%
5.1
Affordable decent housing
49%
5.4
50%
5.3
Health services
44%
5.6
42%
5.4
Natural environment
42%
6.1
45%
6.0
Shopping, leisure & dining
39%
5.1
39%
5.2
Public transport
39%
5.6
36%
4.8
Making your way
36%
5.9
39%
5.4
Sense of community
35%
5.7
30%
5.7
A lack of road congestion
27%
5.4
37%
4.5
Cultural facilities
25%
5.2
15%
4.4
Social cohesion
24%
5.8
19%
5.9
Education
17%
5.9
22%
5.9
Good job prospects
17%
4.8
20%
4.8
Opportunity for all
17%
5.7
14%
5.7
A prosperous economy
12%
4.8
12%
5.0
Sports and recreation
10%
6.0
10%
6.0
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Health and Wellbeing in Division 3

Physical Health
How would you rate your physical health?
Do you think your physical health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Division 3 (n = 386)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich (n = 1202)
6.6
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Division 3 (n = 386)
16%
59%
25%
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Stay the same
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Ipswich (n = 1202)
13%
58%
29%
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Mental Health
How would you rate your mental health?
Do you think your mental health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Division 3 (n = 386)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich (n = 1202)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
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Division 3 (n = 386)
9%
70%
21%
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Stay the same
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Ipswich (n = 1202)
11%
68%
21%
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Social wellbeing
How would you rate your social wellbeing?
Do you think your social wellbeing will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Division 3 (n = 386)
6.8
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich (n = 1202)
6.7
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Excellent
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Division 3 (n = 386)
8%
74%
17%
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Ipswich (n = 1202)
10%
74%
16%
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Financial circumstances in Division 3

How would you rate your personal financial circumstances?
Do you think your personal financial circumstance will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Division 3 (n = 386)
5.8
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich (n = 1202)
5.9
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Excellent
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Division 3 (n = 386)
29%
48%
23%
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Ipswich (n = 1202)
28%
49%
23%
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How often, if ever, are you late meeting your financial commitments?
Do you think the economic situation in your local area will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Division 3 (n = 386)
Ipswich (n = 1139)
Always late
0%
2%
Often late
8%
6%
Sometimes late
29%
29%
Never late
63%
63%
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Division 3 (n = 386)
53%
36%
11%
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Stay the same
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Ipswich (n = 1202)
52%
38%
11%
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Concerns & ideas in Division 3

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Division 3 (n = 386)
Ipswich (n = 1202)
Inflation/Cost of Living
53%
58%
Crime/Law and Order/Violence/Anti-Social Behaviour
45%
45%
Housing/Price of Housing
37%
40%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
27%
16%
Poverty/Inequality
22%
14%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
19%
22%
Healthcare/Hospitals
19%
18%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
16%
14%
Unemployment
13%
9%
Transport/Public Transport/Infrastructure
10%
20%
Environmental/Pollution/Water Concerns
9%
10%
The Economy
9%
11%
Population/Overpopulation
8%
12%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
3%
2%
Race Relations/Racism
3%
1%
Immigration
3%
1%
Education
3%
4%
Taxation
2%
2%
Defence/Foreign Affairs/Terrorism
1%
1%
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