Ipswich Advocacy Priorities 2024

IPSWICH – FAST FACTS

Caloundra

Queensland

IPSWICH

Caboolture

Redcliffe

Brisbane

Toowoomba

IPSWICH

Logan

Rail Highway Airport Port

Surfers Paradise

Beaudesert

Tweed Heads

POPULATION AND JOB GROWTH – 2021 TO 2041

100%

95% extra 222,000 residents

70% extra 53,000 jobs

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

Brisbane

Logan

Ipswich

Moreton Bay

Sunshine Coast

Gold Coast

■ Job growth ■ Population growth

Source: Queensland Government population projections, 2023 edition; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, 2021.

TOP INDUSTRIES BY FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT

OUR PEOPLE

251,148 residents (ABS ERP 2022-2023) 455,569 residents (QGSO 2041)*

17.2% Health Care and Social Assistance 12.0% Manufacturing 11.5% Public Administration and Safety 10.9% Education and Training

Median age 33

$13.73 billion GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT

EMPLOYMENT 93,189

total local jobs (NEIR 2023)

* Revised population and employment projections are being prepared for the new Ipswich Planning Scheme. These revised projections aim to improve the alignment of projected growth with historic and current trends of actual growth.

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