North Ipswich - Tivoli is still affordable — but less advantaged
North Ipswich - Tivoli 4305 · Ipswich Inner, Greater Brisbane, QLD
North Ipswich - Tivoli is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $285 a week at the 2021 Census; well served for the everyday — 3 schools and 4 supermarkets. The trade-offs: it is less advantaged than most of Australia (SEIFA decile 2 of 10); unemployment runs above the Brisbane norm, at 7.6%.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 41 and households on a median $1,310 a week at the 2021 Census.
Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, SEIFA 2021, OpenStreetMap and Queensland Open Data · figures current to August 2026.
How the population has changed
North Ipswich - Tivoli against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
North Ipswich - Tivoli population grew from 6,573 in 2016 to 6,671 in 2025, a change of 1.5% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | North Ipswich - Tivoli | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6,573 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 6,599 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 6,586 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 6,546 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 6,524 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 6,499 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 6,468 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 6,544 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 6,592 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 6,671 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
North Ipswich - Tivoli gained 844 residents from internal migration and 39 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 789 people moved away — a net addition of 94 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+844
- Internal migration out+773
- Overseas migration in+39
- Natural increase-15Natural decrease — deaths exceeded births.
Components of population change over the sample year. Natural increase is shown apart from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
How it has changed
Census · five-yearlyThe 2016 Census against 2021. Older figures are mapped onto today's boundaries via the ABS Time Series Profile, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
| Measure | 2016 | 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 6,397 | 6,416 | +0.3% |
| Median age | 40 | 41 | +1 yr |
| Median household income | $1,103/wk | $1,310/wk | +19% |
| Median weekly rent | $270/wk | $285/wk | +5.6% |
| Born overseas | 12.4% | 12.2% | -0.2 pts |
Who lives here
Census · five-yearlyFrom the 2021 Census. Each figure carries its definition, so you know what is being counted.
People
Income
Housing
Work
How homes are held
- Owned outright 30.9%
- Mortgaged 38.6%
- Rented 28.1%
- Other / not stated 2.5%
How well-off the area is
Census · five-yearlyThe ABS SEIFA indexes rank every area by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australia; decile 10 is the highest.
- Relative disadvantage (IRSD)Lower decile means more relative disadvantageDecile 2score 931
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 2score 904
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 2score 941
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 2score 904
Getting around, and what's nearby
OpenStreetMap · quarterlyWhat OpenStreetMap records inside the suburb boundary. Counts reflect what is tagged in OSM and can undercount a real but less-mapped area.
Within the North Ipswich - Tivoli SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 schools, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 2 GP or clinic locations, 4 supermarkets and 12 parks. For families: 4 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 6 cafés and 8 restaurants. Staying active: 3 gyms, 1 public pool and 13 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 3 shopping centres. The nearest train station, The Workshops Rail Museum, is about 1,550 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 65 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Tivoli State School
- St Joseph's Primary School
- Ipswich North State School
Gyms & fitness
- Plus Fitness
- Fitstop
- Goodlife Health Club
Cinemas
- Limelight Cinemas
Shopping centres
- Riverlink Shopping Centre
- Target
- Kmart
GPs & clinics
- Ipswich Family Podiatry
- Exact Radiology Clinics
Supermarkets
- Market Organics
- Woolworths
- Aldi
- Coles
Parks
- North Ipswich Wetlands
- Cribb Park
- Browns Park
- North Ipswich Reserve
- Bob Gamble Park
- Great Lawn
Train stations
- The Workshops Rail Museum
- RiverLink Shopping Centre
Schools
Every open Queensland school whose campus sits inside the SA2 boundary, with the average ICSEA across them. Open a school for its own ICSEA, student background and a link to My School.
The North Ipswich - Tivoli SA2 contains 4 schools — 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school, of which 2 are government and 2 non-government. Its 3 schools with a published ICSEA average 946 (1000 is the national average); each school's own figure and student background are on its page. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, North Ipswich - Tivoli sits in decile 2 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 49% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Tivoli State School (primary), Ipswich State High School (junior secondary), Ipswich State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Ipswich Central State School (primary), Ipswich North State School (primary), Bundamba State School (primary), Brassall State School (primary), Ipswich East State School (primary), Blair State School (primary), Bundamba State Secondary College (junior secondary), Bremer State High School (junior secondary), Bundamba State Secondary College (senior secondary), Bremer State High School (senior secondary).
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Show school list
- Ipswich North State School · State · Prep–6
- St Joseph's School (North Ipswich) · Catholic · Prep–6
- Tivoli State School · State · Prep–6
- Australian Industry Trade College - Ipswich (North Ipswich) · Independent · 10–12
School list & catchments: Queensland Government Open Data (Department of Education), licensed CC BY 4.0. ICSEA: ACARA School Profile. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).
Nearby, in Ipswich Inner
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereNorth Ipswich - Tivoli+1.2%
- 01Ripley+15.4%
- 02Bundamba+2.2%
- 03Brassall+1.9%
- 04Karalee - Barellan Point+1.8%
- 05Leichhardt - One Mile+1.7%
- 06Raceview+1.1%
- 07Ipswich - East+0.9%
- 08Churchill - Yamanto+0.8%
- 09Ipswich - North+0.7%
- 10Ipswich - Central+0.4%
- 11Karana Downs+0.4%
- 12Riverview-0.0%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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