Redbank Plains Community Centre Social Impact Report 2022

Public transport and employment Of all working residents in the Ipswich local government area 48.4% work outside the city, with the majority of these people commuting to Brisbane. Most (70.3%) working residents of Redbank Plains travel by car as a driver to get to work, while just 0.6% and 5.2% respectively catch a bus or train to work.

Employment location of Ipswich resident workers (Source: ABS, 2016, via .id profile, 2021)

60.00%

48.40%

47.10%

50.00%

40.00%

30.00%

20.00%

10.00%

4.50%

0.00%

Live in the area, but work outside

Live and work in the area

No fixed place of work

Method of travel to work for employed residents of Redbank Plains (Source: ABS, 2016, via .id profile, 2021)

80.00%

70.30%

70.00%

60.00%

50.00%

40.00%

30.00%

20.00%

8.80%

7.30%

5.20%

10.00%

2.40%

1.20%

1.20%

1.10%

1.10%

0.60%

0.60%

0.20%

0.00%

Bus

Train

Truck

Other

Bicycle

Motorbike

Not stated

Walked only

Car - as driver

Worked at home

Did not go to work

Car - as passenger

Recent focus group participants described public transport limitations as a compounding challenge for 1. connecting residents with transport interchange stations and employment outside Redbank Plains, and 2. accessing services. In this way participants made the point that the suburb may at times be experienced as ‘geographically far’ or isolated, and especially on occasions when support was sought in crisis situations (for instance those related to mental health and homelessness). On this point Centre management qualified there had been an increase in crisis support presentations at the Centre in the latter part of this report period.

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