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Ipswich

75,842 residential parcels covering 127.4 km².

Highly restricted land

≈86% of Ipswich’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Ipswich ranks #4 of 5 councils in Brisbane, and #63 of 133 capital city councils nationally.

Highly restricted residential
Not highly restricted residential

Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Ipswich. ABS LGA code 33960. Methodology →

Note: Figures and the map cover only the parts of this area inside the capital’s Significant Urban Area; land beyond the SUA boundary is excluded from our modelling.

Where Ipswich ranks in Brisbane

Ipswich ranks #4 of 5 Brisbane-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Ipswich: ≈86% · rank #4 of 5

0% (least restrictive)(most restrictive) 100%

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Redland≈89%
  2. 2. Brisbane≈87%
  3. 3. Ipswich≈85%
  4. 4. Logan≈80%
  5. 5. Moreton Bay≈73%

Low-density

  1. 1. Brisbane≈80%
  2. 2. Redland≈77%
  3. 3. Ipswich≈76%
  4. 4. Logan≈50%
  5. 5. Moreton Bay≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Ipswich≈1%
  2. 2. Brisbane≈1%
  3. 3. Logan≈1%
  4. 4. Moreton Bay≈1%
  5. 5. Redland≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Redland≈89%
  2. 2. Brisbane≈88%
  3. 3. Logan≈88%
  4. 4. Ipswich≈86%
  5. 5. Moreton Bay≈73%

Source: Ipswich ranked against other Brisbane-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →

Suburbs in Ipswich

46 suburbs sit inside this council.

ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Ipswich.

  1. Barellan Point≈100%
  2. Camira (Qld)≈100%
  3. Collingwood Park (Qld)≈100%
  4. Deebing Heights≈100%
  5. Eastern Heights≈100%
  6. Ebbw Vale≈100%
  7. Flinders View≈100%
  8. Gailes≈100%
  9. Marburg≈100%
  10. Newtown (Ipswich - Qld)≈100%
  11. One Mile (Qld)≈100%
  12. Pine Mountain (Qld)≈100%
  13. Rosewood (Qld)≈100%
  14. Tivoli≈100%
  15. Willowbank≈100%
  16. Sadliers Crossing≈100%
  17. Raceview≈100%
  18. Ripley≈100%
  19. Blacksoil≈99%
  20. Blackstone≈99%
  21. East Ipswich≈99%
  22. Leichhardt (Qld)≈98%
  23. Woodend (Qld)≈98%
  24. Karalee≈97%
  25. Redbank Plains≈97%
  26. North Booval≈96%
  27. Brassall≈96%
  28. Bellbird Park≈95%
  29. Wulkuraka≈95%
  30. Silkstone≈95%
  31. North Ipswich≈93%
  32. Goodna≈91%
  33. Bundamba≈91%
  34. Augustine Heights≈87%
  35. Redbank (Qld)≈84%
  36. Riverview (Qld)≈83%
  37. Churchill (Qld)≈83%
  38. Yamanto≈83%
  39. Chuwar≈76%
  40. Booval≈74%
  41. Dinmore≈63%
  42. Ipswich≈51%
  43. Walloon≈50%
  44. Thagoona≈24%
  45. Haigslea≈0%
  46. Mount Marrow≈0%
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Brisbane context

Ipswich ranks #4 of 5 councils in Brisbane for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Redland ≈89%
  2. Brisbane ≈88%
  3. Logan ≈88%
  4. Ipswich ≈86%
  5. Moreton Bay ≈73%
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Detailed zoning map

Ipswich’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Ipswich

  1. Character residentialCR5 km²5.7%
  2. Low density residentialLDR76 km²82.2%
  3. Low to medium density residentialLMDR2 km²2.4%
  4. Medium density residentialMDR5 km²5.2%
  5. High density residentialHDR<1 km²0.3%
  6. District centreDC1 km²1.0%
  7. Local centreLC<1 km²0.5%
  8. Major centreMC1 km²0.9%
  9. Neighbourhood centreNC1 km²0.6%
  10. Principal centrePC1 km²1.0%
  11. TownshipT<1 km²0.2%
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Source: State-published zoning data, residential ex-rural, bounded to the Significant Urban Area. Areas measure the zone polygons drawn here, which include road reserve and unsubdivided land, so they are a different measure from the lot-by-lot areas behind this page’s restricted-land figures.

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