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Financial circumstances in Ipswich in 2024

The section reports on your residents’ current and future personal financial circumstances, their ability to meet commitments and how they feel about the future economic prospects of their local area. It gives you the capability to explore how your residents’ views regarding their health compare beyond, across and within your LGA.

Ipswich Current Financial Circumstances
Ipswich 2023
5.9
Australia: 2024
6.0
Metropolitan Australia: 2024
6.1
Queensland: 2024
6.0
South East Queensland: 2024
6.1
Collected July 2024

Ipswich residents rated their current Personal Financial Circumstances an average of 5.8 out of 10, lower than Australia: 2024 (6.0), Metropolitan Australia: 2024 (6.1), Queensland: 2024 (6.0), and South East Queensland: 2024 (6.1).

Residents rated their current personal financial circumstances an average of 5.8 out of 10. When asked about the future, 27% forecast that their personal financial circumstances will get better in 12 months and 31% believe they will get worse.
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?
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
5.8
Very poor
Excellent
May 2023 (n = 1202)
5.9
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
31%
42%
27%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
May 2023 (n = 1202)
28%
49%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
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?
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1094)
May 2023 (n = 1139)
Always late
1%
2%
Often late
6%
6%
Sometimes late
29%
29%
Never late
64%
63%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
51%
38%
11%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
May 2023 (n = 1202)
52%
38%
11%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower