City of Banyule community views

The Community Views team surveyed 132 residents from West in July 2023.

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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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West in City of Banyule

West is made up of Heidelberg West, Heidelberg Heights, and Bellfield.

Living in West

West Overall Liveability Index
City of Banyule
65.5
East
66.1
Mid
68.3
North
67.3
North East
67.1
North West
60.9
South
68.3
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

West Overall Liveability Index

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index

West
City of Banyule
Importance
Experience
Natural environment
73%
7.1
66%
7.7
Feeling safe
69%
5.3
71%
7.1
Public transport
52%
5.9
54%
6.8
Affordable decent housing
43%
5.3
27%
5.2
Shopping, leisure & dining
40%
5.4
45%
6.3
Social cohesion
39%
6.6
27%
6.7
Health services
32%
7.1
37%
7.2
Sense of community
29%
5.5
36%
6.5
Making your way
28%
6.0
30%
5.9
A lack of road congestion
25%
5.1
34%
4.2
Education
22%
5.7
24%
6.9
Cultural facilities
15%
4.6
12%
5.1
Sports and recreation
12%
6.1
15%
7.0
Opportunity for all
8%
5.9
10%
6.4
A prosperous economy
7%
4.9
8%
6.3
Good job prospects
6%
5.0
5%
5.3
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Health and Wellbeing in 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?
West (n = 132)
7.1
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
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West (n = 132)
12%
54%
35%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
9%
62%
29%
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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?
West (n = 132)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.5
Very poor
Excellent
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West (n = 132)
8%
66%
26%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7%
70%
22%
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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?
West (n = 132)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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West (n = 132)
12%
62%
26%
Get worse
Stay the same
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City of Banyule (n = 1345)
7%
75%
19%
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Financial circumstances in 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?
West (n = 132)
5.7
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
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West (n = 132)
29%
52%
19%
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?
West (n = 132)
City of Banyule (n = 1271)
Always late
0%
0%
Often late
5%
4%
Sometimes late
36%
24%
Never late
59%
72%
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West (n = 132)
48%
43%
10%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
44%
49%
7%
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Stay the same
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Concerns & ideas in West

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
West (n = 132)
City of Banyule (n = 1345)
Inflation/Cost of Living
56%
63%
Housing/Price of Housing
47%
49%
Law & order
40%
18%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
31%
9%
Poverty/Inequality
26%
11%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
17%
23%
Transport
15%
23%
Unemployment
14%
4%
Population/Overpopulation
13%
14%
Environmental Concerns
9%
18%
The Economy
8%
16%
Healthcare/Hospitals
8%
16%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
5%
20%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
3%
2%
Taxation
2%
5%
Education
2%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
2%
2%
Defence
2%
1%
Immigration
1%
2%
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