Redbank Plains Community Centre Social Impact Report 2022

Community strengths As a measure of community capacity, cohesion and social capital, community members were asked to identify strengths of the Redbank Plains community. Response themes are presented in the table below, along with representative quotes. Response results from the 36-month survey identified Redbank Plains’ key strengths as including a sense of community, diversity in residents’ cultures

and backgrounds, access especially to shops, essential services, outdoor sports and recreation spaces along with perceived benefits of living in a growing community and developing place. Coupled with affordable housing these themes have repeatedly featured in the top responses across all five surveys. Over that time Redbank Plains’ sense of community and diversity have most frequently been reported by respondents as community strengths.

Theme

Instances Representative Quote

“Friendly people, kind as a community” “Community minded people” “The community can band together when required” “There is a strong community spirit”

Sense of community

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“Being able to connect with people from different cultures and backgrounds” “Its growing multiculturalism makes it a vibrant and changing place to live” “Diversity of cultures and age groups” “Very diverse community with people from many different backgrounds”

Value of diversity

18

“Lots of shops” “Great shopping centre at town square” “It has a Community Centre” “Good essential services for families” “Good access to necessities and shopping” “Lots of food options”

Access to shops, services and facilities

11

“Growth” “A growing community” “New development in the area” “Public transport infrastructure and more planned” “The nature component, proximity to parks etc” “Lots of parks around”

Growing community

8

Outdoors sports and recreation spaces Proximity to other urban centres

5

“Close to Ipswich Central and Springfield Central” “It sits comfortably between Greater Springfield and Ipswich and the right distance from Brisbane City”

5

“Cheap housing” “Affordability”

Affordable housing

4

Community groups, activities

“Neighbourhood watch” “Lots of local activities”

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