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Division 4 in Ipswich

Division 4 is made up of Chuwar, Haigslea, North Ipswich, Marburg, Karalee, Rosewood, Walloon, Moores Pocket, Brassall, Pine Mountain, Karrabin, Tivoli, Yamanto, Churchill, Wulkuraka, Amberley, Ironbark, Thagoona, Ashwell, Barellan Point, Tallegalla, Blacksoil, Mount Marrow, Lanefield, North Tivoli, The Bluff, and Muirlea.

Living in Division 4

Division 4 Overall Liveability Index
Division 4 2023
51.1
Ipswich
54.8
Division 1
53.3
Division 2
55.7
Division 3
56.8
Collected July 2024

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.

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences    Greater Importance & Better Experiences    Less important attributes

Division 4 Overall Liveability Index

Division 4 Overall Liveability Index 53.4

Ipswich Overall Liveability Index

Ipswich Overall Liveability Index 54.8

Division 4
Ipswich
Importance
Experience

Feeling safe

Importance
Experience
75%
5.4
71%
5.3

Affordable decent housing

Importance
Experience
51%
5.0
48%
5.3

Natural environment

Importance
Experience
48%
6.2
49%
6.3

Health services

Importance
Experience
45%
5.5
44%
5.8

A lack of road congestion

Importance
Experience
39%
4.7
37%
4.5

Shopping, leisure & dining

Importance
Experience
36%
5.0
41%
5.4

Making your way

Importance
Experience
35%
5.5
34%
5.6

Public transport

Importance
Experience
31%
4.4
34%
5.2

Sense of community

Importance
Experience
30%
5.9
29%
5.8

Good job prospects

Importance
Experience
20%
4.6
19%
4.8

Cultural facilities

Importance
Experience
19%
5.0
17%
4.7

Social cohesion

Importance
Experience
17%
6.1
21%
6.1

Education

Importance
Experience
17%
5.6
20%
6.0

Opportunity for all

Importance
Experience
14%
5.7
12%
5.8

Sports and recreation

Importance
Experience
13%
6.1
12%
6.1

A prosperous economy

Importance
Experience
10%
5.0
12%
5.2
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Health and Wellbeing in Division 4

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 4 (n = 299)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
16%
59%
25%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
13%
58%
30%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
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 4 (n = 299)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
15%
63%
22%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
12%
64%
24%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
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 4 (n = 299)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
13%
69%
18%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
11%
69%
20%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Financial circumstances in Division 4

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 4 (n = 299)
5.7
Very poor
Excellent
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
5.8
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
28%
45%
27%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
31%
42%
27%
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?
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1094)
Always late
2%
1%
Often late
6%
6%
Sometimes late
30%
29%
Never late
62%
64%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
50%
40%
10%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
51%
38%
11%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Impacts of climate change in Division 4

Which of the following best describes your personal views on climate change?
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
Climate change is happening and is caused entirely or mostly by human activities
39%
42%
Climate change is happening and is caused equally by human activities and natural causes
30%
32%
Climate change is happening and is caused entirely or mostly by natural causes
9%
8%
Climate change is happening, but I am not sure what is causing it
8%
7%
I do not believe climate change is happening
14%
11%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Among those that believe in climate change, 49% indicated that their local area is currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 36% expected their local area to feel the effects within their lifetime. Of those, 4% were very confident that their local area would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 37% somewhat confident. 54% were not confident.

Please select the extent to which climate change is impacting or will impact your local area in your lifetime?
How confident are you that your local area will be able to adapt to the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1014)
My local area is feeling the effects of climate change
49%
51%
My local area is not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect it will in my lifetime
36%
34%
My local area is not feeling the effects of climate change, and do not expect it will in my lifetime
15%
15%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 852)
Very confident
4%
3%
Somewhat confident
37%
36%
Not very confident
40%
39%
Not at all confident
14%
15%
Don't know
6%
7%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Among the group of residents that felt their local area is currently feeling, or will feel, the effects of climate change in their lifetime, the top local area climate-related events were: Extreme heat (87%), Flooding (81%) and Storms (63%). The top actions residents felt should be taken to address the effects of climate change in their local area were: Protect and enhance local biodiversity (plants and animals) (64%), Conserve natural resources (e.g. air, water, soil, etc.) (54%) and Reduce pollution of the environment (54%).

How is your local area currently, or how do you expect it will, feel the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
What do you feel are the best ways to address the effects of climate change in your local area?
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 832)
Extreme heat
87%
84%
Flooding
81%
68%
Storms
63%
65%
Bushfires
57%
52%
Droughts
51%
46%
Extremely cold temperatures
34%
34%
Severe wind
24%
28%
Cyclones
10%
9%
Sea level rise
6%
7%
Earthquakes
2%
2%
Other
2%
2%
Landslide
2%
2%
None of these
0%
0%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 852)
Protect and enhance local biodiversity (plants and animals)
64%
67%
Conserve natural resources (e.g. air, water, soil, etc.)
54%
53%
Reduce pollution of the environment
54%
58%
Educate residents on how to live more sustainably
51%
53%
Provide options for recycling waste (e.g. household waste, food waste, e-waste, etc.).
50%
49%
Adopt renewable energy sources
50%
52%
Through more sustainable building and development practices
49%
50%
The use of more sustainable transport options
42%
43%
Encourage residents to buy locally
42%
33%
Create renewable energy sources
41%
41%
Host renewable energy projects in the local area (e.g. solar, wind, hydro, etc.)
41%
40%
Reduce carbon emissions in the local area
34%
36%
Other
7%
7%
None of these
1%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Impacts of climate change on residents

Among those that believe in climate change, 46% indicated that they themselves are currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 37% expected to within their lifetime. Of those, 11% were very confident that they would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 54% somewhat confident. 29% were not confident.

Please select the extent to which climate change is impacting or will impact you personally in your lifetime?
How confident are you that you personally will be able to adapt to the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1014)
I am feeling the effects of climate change
38%
46%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect to in my lifetime
45%
37%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, and do not expect to in my lifetime
17%
17%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 828)
Very confident
11%
9%
Somewhat confident
54%
53%
Not very confident
24%
27%
Not at all confident
5%
7%
Don't know
6%
4%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Among the group of residents that felt they are currently feeling, or will feel, the effects of climate change in their lifetime, the top personal impacts were: Increased household running costs (e.g. energy, water, insurance, etc) (91%), Food production, making it harder and more expensive to get food items (67%) and Essential infrastructure vulnerability (e.g. water, electricity, gas, sanitation) (47%). 51% feel climate change will reduce their quality of life somewhat, and a further 19% feel it will reduce their quality of life a lot.

How are you currently, or how do you expect to, personally feel the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Which of the following best represents how you believe the effects of climate change will affect your quality of life?
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 828)
Increased household running costs (e.g. energy, water, insurance, etc)
91%
90%
Food production, making it harder and more expensive to get food items
67%
66%
Essential infrastructure vulnerability (e.g. water, electricity, gas, sanitation)
47%
37%
Reduction in air quality
42%
43%
Challenges getting around (e.g. damage to roads, public transport)
39%
40%
My ability to leave my home due to weather (e.g. extreme heat, cold, rain, storms, wind, etc.)
38%
40%
Loss or damage to your home/property
34%
30%
Transport infrastructure vulnerability (e.g. roads, rail, public transport services)
32%
27%
Challenges accessing essential services (e.g. emergency and health services)
31%
27%
Reduced personal safety or health to myself and/or those around me
31%
28%
My ability to access nature due to weather (e.g. erosion of parks, coastal areas, etc.)
30%
32%
Reduced value to your home/property
17%
14%
Other
2%
2%
None of these
1%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 828)
It will improve a lot
1%
2%
It will improve somewhat
6%
7%
It will not change
12%
14%
It will reduce somewhat
51%
44%
It will reduce a lot
19%
24%
Don't know
10%
8%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Concerns & ideas in Division 4

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Division 4 (n = 299)
Ipswich 2024 (n = 1145)
Inflation/Cost of Living
58%
59%
Housing/Price of Housing
42%
40%
Law & order
38%
42%
Transport
22%
19%
Healthcare/Hospitals
19%
15%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
19%
22%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
17%
16%
Population/Overpopulation
15%
14%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
14%
15%
Poverty/Inequality
12%
11%
The Economy
12%
12%
Unemployment
9%
8%
Environmental Concerns
8%
10%
Taxation
5%
4%
Education
4%
3%
Immigration
4%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
1%
3%
Defence
1%
0%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
1%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower