East in City of Banyule

East is made up of Yallambie, Viewbank, and Lower Plenty.

Living in East

East Overall Liveability Index
City of Banyule
65.5
Mid
68.3
North
67.3
North East
67.1
North West
60.9
South
68.3
West
59.1
Collected July 2023

Use the values and experiences matrix to understand the relationship between what your residents believe makes somewhere a good place to live and how they experience their local area in that regard. The matrix highlights the attributes that your community believe needs to maintained and improved to advance overall liveability.

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences    Greater Importance & Better Experiences    Less important attributes

East Overall Liveability Index

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index

East
City of Banyule
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
73%
7.6
71%
7.1
Natural environment
70%
8.2
66%
7.7
Shopping, leisure & dining
44%
5.9
45%
6.3
Public transport
43%
6.0
54%
6.8
Sense of community
40%
6.4
36%
6.5
A lack of road congestion
39%
3.9
34%
4.2
Health services
36%
7.3
37%
7.2
Education
29%
7.4
24%
6.9
Making your way
29%
5.5
30%
5.9
Sports and recreation
23%
7.2
15%
7.0
Affordable decent housing
23%
5.4
27%
5.2
Social cohesion
23%
6.8
27%
6.7
A prosperous economy
9%
6.6
8%
6.3
Cultural facilities
8%
5.5
12%
5.1
Opportunity for all
8%
6.3
10%
6.4
Good job prospects
3%
5.2
5%
5.3
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Health and Wellbeing in East

Physical Health
How would you rate your physical health?
Do you think your physical health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
East (n = 129)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
7%
70%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
9%
62%
29%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Mental Health
How would you rate your mental health?
Do you think your mental health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
East (n = 129)
7.8
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.5
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
8%
75%
16%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7%
70%
22%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Social wellbeing
How would you rate your social wellbeing?
Do you think your social wellbeing will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
East (n = 129)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
2%
86%
12%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7%
75%
19%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Financial circumstances in East

How would you rate your personal financial circumstances?
Do you think your personal financial circumstance will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
East (n = 129)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
26%
61%
13%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
26%
56%
17%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
How often, if ever, are you late meeting your financial commitments?
Do you think the economic situation in your local area will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
East (n = 129)
City of Banyule (n = 1271)
Always late
0%
0%
Often late
5%
4%
Sometimes late
19%
24%
Never late
76%
72%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
40%
54%
6%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
44%
49%
7%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Concerns & ideas in East

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
East (n = 129)
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
Inflation/Cost of Living
69%
63%
Housing/Price of Housing
40%
49%
Transport
32%
23%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
26%
20%
Environmental Concerns
26%
18%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
21%
23%
The Economy
17%
16%
Healthcare/Hospitals
15%
16%
Population/Overpopulation
14%
14%
Law & order
14%
18%
Poverty/Inequality
6%
11%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
5%
9%
Education
5%
5%
Taxation
3%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
3%
2%
Unemployment
2%
4%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
1%
2%
Immigration
1%
2%
Defence
1%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower