Ipswich - East, 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 - East gained 2,250 residents from internal migration and 166 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 2,254 people moved away — a net addition of 162 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 - East against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Ipswich - East population grew from 18,521 in 2016 to 19,056 in 2025, a change of 2.9% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Ipswich - East | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18,521 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 18,632 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 18,729 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 18,648 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 18,543 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 18,324 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 18,338 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 18,617 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 18,894 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 19,056 | 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 - East SA2, OpenStreetMap records 4 schools, 5 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 hospital, 4 GP or clinic locations, 3 supermarkets and 18 parks. For families: 13 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 5 cafés, 6 restaurants and 3 pubs and bars. Staying active: 19 sports fields. Also 3 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Booval, is about 650 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 100 bus stops here.
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- Silkstone State School
- Ipswich East State School
- Sacred Heart Parish School
- Claremont Special School
- Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centres - Booval
- Bindarra
- Booval Fair Shopping Centre
- Big W
- Harvey Norman
- Ipswich Hospice Care
- East Ipswich Specialist Clinic
- Station Road Medical Centre
- Silkstone Doctors
- Grange Road Medical
- Aldi
- Woolworths
- Coles
- Cameron Park
- Newtown Park
- Jim Donald Parklands
- Gareth and Dorothy Thomas Park
- Hancock Park
- George Palmer Park
- Tite Family Park
- Booval
- East Ipswich
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.