Ipswich, QLD 4305

After living in Brisbane all my life, we bought in Eastern Heights a year ago and have absolutely loved it. Ipswich has a great community feel (people take the time to get to know you), beautiful old qld'er homes currently valued at significantly less than other outer Brisbane suburbs, and an emerging caf/restaurant culture. Most underrated area in South East Qld. We now rent out our Eastern Heights house (with great rental return) and have bought a property on Denmark Hill as the forever home. If you're planning to move out here, do a little research on the suburbs expecting strong capital growth, they tend to be the ones with established old Queenslander homes and lots of renovations happening. My picks are: Newtown, Eastern Heights, Sadliers Crossing, Wood End, Denmark Hill and if you're looking for a little cheaper - East Ipswich, Booval and Bundamba (just check the flood maps on the lower suburbs).

Ipswich has come such a long way in just a few years! Renovated homes and beautifully restored historic buildings make the streets really charming, and the brand new Nicholas Street Precinct is a highlight with its amazing kids’ library. There are plenty of great new cafes, restaurants, and bars popping up everywhere, plus a free wildlife zoo, loads of outdoor activities, and great shopping. On top of all that, it’s so much more affordable. You can still get a big family house with an enormous backyard for under $800,000 and still enjoy a relaxed, family-friendly vibe that makes Ipswich a really lovely place to visit or call home. It’s also so easy to access Brisbane CBD by road or train (40 minute drive), The Gold Coast (1hr 10min to Surfers Paradise Beach) and Sunshine Coast. So many really relaxed family friendly suburbs around Ipswich.

Don’t waste your time. This place has gone downhill — fast.
Under new management and it shows — all the gear, no idea. The warmth, service, and good vibes from our previous visit? Gone.
Instead, we got:
• A rude, dismissive attitude.
• Told the kitchen was closed at 2pm — even though the venue clearly stays open until 5pm.
• A 49-minute wait for a basic cabinet sandwich to be toasted — with just three customers present.
• A confusing explanation from staff who said they were “making it” — if the kitchen’s closed, how does that work?
Meanwhile, staff were deep in "clean down" mode like it was 4:50pm, not 2pm.
Add a 10% weekend surcharge (for what exactly?) and you’ve got price gouging on top of poor service. “Under-trained” would be generous.
Check the likes on their low-star reviews — clearly, we’re not alone. And if management reads this: copy-paste responses don’t fix anything.
This is now just a glorified takeaway hole-in-the-wall with zero regard for customer experience. We won’t be back.

Horrible place full of dole bluggers, druggies, hoons and homeless bums. The weather is horrible cold as hell in winter and boiling hot in summer , nothing modern around here , no decent shops CBD is full on run town buildings , shirts and shoes are optional too , horrible city would never live here again

Lived here for few months in Redbank Plains after I had graduated. Shared a house with two Australians one was on on centerlink and a drug user who spent his time on drugs, alcohol and video games. The neighborhood kids mostly Samoans were loud noisy and would aggressively confront you as you drove you car through the streets. There was a murder of an elderly woman in a shopping mall nearby by a group of violent teenagers mostly of African origin. Occasionally you would meet large and dangerous stray dogs on the street. Eventually I decided to leave this place and go back to my home country as I believe I was wasting my talents and gifts in this uninspiring place.

We moved to north Ipswich 1 year ago, it’s a great place for our young family. Close to the freeway, schools, train station, shops. It’s really central to everything and close enough maybe 35-40 minutes to brisbane airport. I think most of the people who have Ipswich a reputation have had to move further out laidly ect due to house prices skyrocketing. Most houses around us are well maintained and being done up. We will definitely buy around north ipswich when we buy a bigger house. Mostly home owner occupied houses and they’re mostly young established couples. It’s come a long way even in the year and a half we have been here. The council is great and they are really putting money into doing it up.

I have lived in Ipswich ever since I was pregnant with my first son. I had no much knowledge about the area but as I live I found Ipswich is in a lot of potential! Everything is so handy and getting better. To be honest, some people can be nasty since I got a couple of racism while walking around parks. But in fact, there are bad people anywhere even in good area so if someone asked me whether ippy is an worthwhile area to move in then I would always say YES!

Ipswich is a beautiful place, lots of charming heritage houses.
There are new library for children with advanced technology , the Parks are very nice and zoo is free. Many cafes and restaurants you can walk to them. Good girl and boy private schools. A few public and private schools.
If people have bad and horrible experience is not because Ipswich, is because the drug/alcohol evil spirits ruined some areas like it ruins all places in the world.

Ipswich is incredibly beautiful, an area I cannot fault. There are great shops, cafes and so many friendly people. The neighbourhood is very welcoming and would definitely suggest this place to young families to live.

We bought in Ipswich (Newtown - CBD /historic area). We moved here because of house prices, beautiful Queenslanders at reasonable prices to Brisbane (30 mins away). We had family try and tell us not to buy out here (has a historical stigma), but since visiting regularly have completely changed their minds. CBD is being renovated and historic buildings being renovated too. Fantastic schools, parks, cafes/restaurants and shops. Check it out!