Making your way to and from services such as employment, education and healthcare with relative ease

While the concept of a 15, 20 or whatever minute city is a really nice aspiration, well intentioned and reasonable policy for some places, we believe that prescribing the "minute" target as the goal really doesn’t account for human preferences. It’s too top down, and not resident-led. Instead, we think it’s better to understand how the community views their ability to access essential services – such as employment, education and healthcare – with relative ease.

Making your way to and from services with ease in City of Parramatta

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

40% of residents selected ‘Making your way to and from services such as employment, education and healthcare with relative ease’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 6th most important liveability aspect for City of Parramatta residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘Making your way to and from services such as employment, education and healthcare with relative ease’ in their local area 5.9 out of 10, on average, making it the 11th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia, residents of City of Parramatta placed greater importance on Making your way to and from services with ease and reported worse local area experiences.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
40%
5.9
Australia
27%
6.4
New South Wales
30%
6.4
Metropolitan Sydney
31%
6.4
Metropolitan Australia
27%
6.4
Middle Suburbs
30%
6.5

Local areas

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
40%
5.9
Parramatta (n = 422)
40%
6.2
Rosehill (n = 248)
40%
5.7
North Rocks (n = 237)
38%
5.9
Epping (n = 70)
39%
5.6
Dundas (n = 105)
43%
5.6

Gender

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
40%
5.9
Male (n = 453)
40%
6.1
Female (n = 601)
40%
5.9
Other (n = 20)
22%
5.0

Age

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
40%
5.9
18 - 34 (n = 234)
41%
6.1
35 - 59 (n = 556)
41%
5.8
60 + (n = 311)
37%
5.9

Significantly higher
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