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City of Ipswich community views

Making your way to and from services such as employment, education and healthcare with relative ease

While the concept of a 15, 20 or whatever minute city is a really nice aspiration, well intentioned and reasonable policy for some places, we believe that prescribing the "minute" target as the goal really doesn’t account for human preferences. It’s too top down, and not resident-led. Instead, we think it’s better to understand how the community views their ability to access essential services – such as employment, education and healthcare – with relative ease.

Making your way to and from services with ease in Ipswich in 2025

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

36% of residents selected ‘Making your way to and from services such as employment, education and healthcare with relative ease’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 8th most important liveability aspect for Ipswich residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘Making your way to and from services such as employment, education and healthcare with relative ease’ in their local area 5.4 out of 10, on average, making it the 10th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia, residents of Ipswich placed greater importance on Making your way to and from services with ease and reported worse local area experiences.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Ipswich 2025
36%
5.4
Ipswich 2024
34%
5.6
Ipswich 2023
39%
5.4
Ipswich 2022
31%
5.7
Ipswich 2021
32%
6.1
Ipswich 2020
32%
5.9
Australia
30%
6.0
Metropolitan Australia
32%
6.2
Queensland
32%
5.6
South East Queensland
34%
5.4
Metro Growth LGAs
33%
5.4

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Ipswich
36%
5.4
Booval–East Ipswich Area (n = 142)
38%
5.8
Brassall–Karalee Area (n = 158)
32%
5.2
Eastern Heights to Ripley Area (n = 201)
30%
5.3
Goodna and Bundamba & Surrounds (n = 108)
35%
5.1
Greater Rosewood Area (n = 95)
39%
5.2
Greater Springfield Corridor (n = 125)
38%
5.2
Ipswich Central & Surrounds (n = 167)
33%
6.0
Redbank–Collingwood Park Area (n = 128)
43%
5.2

Gender

Importance
Experience
Ipswich
36%
5.4
Male (n = 366)
34%
5.2
Female (n = 722)
37%
5.5
Prefer not to say (n = 21)
19%
3.3

Age

Importance
Experience
Ipswich
36%
5.4
18 - 34 (n = 255)
34%
5.5
35 - 59 (n = 418)
38%
5.2
60 + (n = 379)
36%
5.5

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