Ipswich - North, 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 - North gained 422 residents from internal migration and 42 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 458 people moved away — a net addition of 6 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 - North against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Ipswich - North population grew from 4,783 in 2016 to 4,680 in 2025, a change of -2.2% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show data table
| Year | Ipswich - North | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4,783 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 4,831 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 4,832 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 4,790 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 4,738 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 4,613 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 4,604 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 4,619 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 4,648 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 4,680 | 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 - North SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 childcare or kindergarten centre, 1 GP or clinic location, 2 supermarkets and 11 parks. For families: 5 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 2 cafés and 1 restaurant. Staying active: 8 sports fields. Also 1 cinema. The nearest train station, The Workshops Rail Museum, is about 6,300 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 6 bus stops here.
Show facility list
- Tivoli Drive-In
- Health Matters
- Coles
- Woolworths
- Kholo Botanical Gardens
- The Cricket Pitch
- Bog Hole Reserve
- Hillview Drive Reserve
- Erin Patrick Memorial Park
- Mount Crosby Sportsground
- Colleges Crossing Recreation Reserve
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.