We’ve shown that Ipswich investors are buying far more than they’re selling — roughly 2,250 properties were bought and turned into rentals over the past two years. The obvious next question: where? And the answer depends on whether you measure raw numbers or concentration — because they point to two different sets of suburbs.
By volume: the growth corridors
Most new rental properties are simply created where the most sales happen — the master-planned growth corridors. Counting properties bought and then put up for rent:
- Redbank Plains — 272
- Ripley — 240
- Springfield Lakes — 162
- Collingwood Park — 135
- Brassall — 125
- Raceview — 120
- Bellbird Park — 99
If you want the deepest pool of new landlords, this is it. These suburbs generate the most investor activity for the simple reason that they generate the most sales, full stop.
By rate: the affordable established suburbs
But raw numbers hide something. In the growth corridors, investors are buying alongside large numbers of owner-occupier first-home buyers, so the share of sales going to investors sits around 16–20%. Look instead at the proportion of each suburb’s sales that became rentals, and a different set of suburbs leads:
- Leichhardt — 27% of sales became rentals
- Yamanto — 26%
- Silkstone — 24%
- Raceview — 23%
- Eastern Heights — 23%
- Booval — 22%
- Collingwood Park — 22%
These are the older, more affordable middle-ring suburbs — and there, more than one in four buyers is an investor. The lower entry price and stronger yield make them investor-dense in a way the corridors aren’t.
Why the distinction matters
If you’re an investor deciding where to buy, this is the difference between “where everyone’s buying” and “where the buyers are mostly people like me.” The corridors offer new stock, depth and liquidity. The established suburbs offer the price points and yields that investors specifically chase — which is why investors make up a far bigger slice of the buyers there.
And if you already own in places like Leichhardt, Raceview or Silkstone, it’s worth knowing you’re in the most investor-competitive pockets in the city — strong demand from buyers who think exactly like you do.
How we read it
We track both sides — what sells and what rents — in every one of these suburbs. So whether you’re hunting for your next purchase or weighing what your current property is doing, we can tell you not just the price and the rent, but who else is buying around you and why. That’s the difference between buying on a hunch and buying on the numbers.
Based on analysis of more than 11,000 Ipswich rental records and 15,000+ sales to June 2026. All figures are aggregates and general market commentary, not financial advice. For current suburb-level figures, see the live data on our suburb pages, updated monthly.
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