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Ipswich residents rated their current personal financial circumstances 6.1/10, higher than the Australian average (5.7)

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Financial circumstances in Ipswich in 2025

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.

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Ipswich Current Financial Circumstances
Australia
5.7
Metropolitan Australia
5.8
Queensland
5.6
South East Queensland
5.5
Collected June 2025

Ipswich residents rated their current Personal Financial Circumstances an average of 6.1 out of 10, higher than Australia 2025 (5.7), Metropolitan Australia: 2025 (5.8), Queensland: 2025 (5.6), and South East Queensland: 2025 (5.5).

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Residents rated their current personal financial circumstances an average of 6.1 out of 10. When asked about the future, 26% forecast that their personal financial circumstances will get better in 12 months and 24% 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 2025 (n = 1124)
6.1
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich
2020
6.2
2021
6.4
2022
6.1
2023
5.9
2024
5.8
2025
6.1
Do you think your personal financial circumstance will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Ipswich 2025 (n = 1124)
24%
49%
26%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Ipswich
2020
20%
54%
26%
2021
12%
60%
28%
2022
19%
55%
26%
2023
28%
49%
23%
2024
31%
42%
27%
2025
24%
49%
26%
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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?
Ipswich 2025
Always late
1%
Often late
5%
Sometimes late
30%
Never late
64%
Ipswich
2020
71%
23%
5%
1%
2021
69%
26%
3%
2%
2022
67%
27%
5%
2%
2023
63%
29%
6%
2%
2024
64%
29%
6%
1%
2025
64%
30%
5%
1%
Do you think the economic situation in your local area will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Ipswich 2025 (n = 1124)
42%
47%
11%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Ipswich
2020
43%
41%
16%
2021
21%
62%
17%
2022
40%
47%
14%
2023
52%
38%
11%
2024
51%
38%
11%
2025
42%
47%
11%