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Ipswich residents rated their current personal financial circumstances 5.8/10, similar to the Australian average (6.0)

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
Australia
6.0
Queensland
6.0
South East Queensland
6.1
Metropolitan Australia
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), Queensland: 2024 (6.0), South East Queensland: 2024 (6.1), and Metropolitan Australia: 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
Ipswich
2020
6.2
2021
6.4
2022
6.1
2023
5.9
2024
5.8
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
31%
42%
27%
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%
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
Always late
1%
Often late
6%
Sometimes late
29%
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%
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
51%
38%
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%