Ipswich - Central, QLD 4305 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Ipswich - Central gained 1,051 residents from internal migration and 82 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,081 people moved away — a net addition of 52 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Ipswich - Central against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Ipswich - Central population grew from 6,782 in 2016 to 6,923 in 2025, a change of 2.1% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Ipswich - Central | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6,782 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 6,788 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 6,805 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 6,834 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 6,825 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 6,827 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 6,850 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 6,871 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 6,893 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 6,923 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Ipswich - Central SA2, OpenStreetMap records 11 schools, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 3 hospitals, 12 GP or clinic locations, 2 supermarkets and 20 parks. For families: 3 libraries and 11 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 12 cafés, 17 restaurants and 7 pubs and bars. Staying active: 4 gyms and 65 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 4 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Ipswich, is about 750 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 51 bus stops here.
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- Ipswich West State School
- Ipswich Grammar School
- Blair State School
- St Mary's Primary School
- St Edmund's College
- St Mary's College
- Ipswich Special School
- Ipswich Central State School
- Ipswich Central Library
- Building H
- Ipswich Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy
- View Fitness
- Anytime Fitness
- Hoyts
- Old Flour Mill
- TK Maxx
- Tulmur Walk
- Ipswich Hospital
- St Andrews Private Hospital
- Scope Sports Injury and Exercise Clinic
- The Sharp Clinic
- Ipswich Specialist Centre
- Ipswich Day Hospital
- myhealth Medical Centre
- East Clinic
- Limestone Medical Centre
- Warwick Road Medical
- IGA
- Coles
- Baines Memorial Park
- Omar Street Park
- The Pump Yard
- Memorial Park (RSL)
- Market Square Park
- Willey Street Park
- River Heart Parklands
- Cunningham's Knoll
- Ipswich
- Thomas Street
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.