City of Banyule community views

The Community Views team surveyed 221 residents from North West in July 2023.

Resources
Views.id platform tour
About the Living in Place community survey
Understanding Health and Wellbeing
Understanding Housing
Understanding Transport Infrastructure
Understanding Social Infrastructure
Understanding Financial Wellbeing and Economic Confidence
Living in Banyule, 2023 - Insights workshop slides
Living in Banyule, 2023 - Councillor Workshop
Key Findings video - 2023
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North West in City of Banyule

North West is made up of Bundoora, Watsonia, and Watsonia North.

Living in North West

North West Overall Liveability Index
City of Banyule
65.5
East
66.1
Mid
68.3
North
67.3
North East
67.1
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

North West Overall Liveability Index

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index

North West
City of Banyule
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
73%
6.5
71%
7.1
Public transport
54%
6.6
54%
6.8
Natural environment
50%
6.9
66%
7.7
Shopping, leisure & dining
49%
6.0
45%
6.3
Health services
47%
6.4
37%
7.2
Making your way
34%
5.6
30%
5.9
A lack of road congestion
33%
3.6
34%
4.2
Education
30%
6.5
24%
6.9
Sense of community
27%
6.0
36%
6.5
Affordable decent housing
26%
5.6
27%
5.2
Social cohesion
21%
6.4
27%
6.7
Sports and recreation
15%
6.7
15%
7.0
Opportunity for all
13%
6.4
10%
6.4
Cultural facilities
12%
4.1
12%
5.1
Good job prospects
8%
5.3
5%
5.3
A prosperous economy
8%
5.8
8%
6.3
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Health and Wellbeing in North West

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?
North West (n = 221)
7.1
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
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North West (n = 221)
11%
65%
24%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
9%
62%
29%
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Stay the same
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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?
North West (n = 221)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.5
Very poor
Excellent
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North West (n = 221)
10%
70%
20%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7%
70%
22%
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Stay the same
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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?
North West (n = 221)
7.2
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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North West (n = 221)
11%
73%
16%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7%
75%
19%
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Stay the same
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Financial circumstances in North West

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?
North West (n = 221)
6.1
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
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North West (n = 221)
29%
53%
18%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
26%
56%
17%
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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?
North West (n = 221)
City of Banyule (n = 1271)
Always late
1%
0%
Often late
5%
4%
Sometimes late
26%
24%
Never late
68%
72%
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North West (n = 221)
43%
51%
6%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
44%
49%
7%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Concerns & ideas in North West

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
North West (n = 221)
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
Inflation/Cost of Living
59%
63%
Housing/Price of Housing
41%
49%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
31%
20%
Law & order
30%
18%
Transport
24%
23%
Healthcare/Hospitals
19%
16%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
18%
23%
Population/Overpopulation
13%
14%
The Economy
13%
16%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
12%
9%
Environmental Concerns
11%
18%
Poverty/Inequality
10%
11%
Taxation
5%
5%
Unemployment
5%
4%
Education
4%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
2%
2%
Immigration
1%
2%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
1%
2%
Defence
1%
1%
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