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The Australia Overall Liveability Index was 63.4/100, higher than the Australian average (62.5)

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Living in Place in Australia in 2024

This section presents the Overall Liveability Index and shows what the community believes makes somewhere a good place to live and how they experience their local area in that regard. It highlights the liveability attributes where residents local area experiences need to be maintained or improved to advance quality of life in their local area and gives you the ability to explore how the views compare to benchmarks, change across local areas and the influence of demography.

Australia Overall Liveability Index
Australia 2023
62.6
Australia: 2022
62.5
Australia: 2023
62.6
Metro Australia: 2024
64.5
Reg/Rural Australia: 2024
61.5
Collected May 2024

Australia’s overall liveability – created by combining residents’ values and local area experiences – returned a Overall Liveability Index of 63.4 out of 100. By this measure, liveability in Australia is considered higher than Australia: 2022 (62.5), Australia: 2023 (62.6), and Reg/Rural Australia: 2024 (61.5) and lower than Metro Australia: 2024 (64.5).

Living in Australia - values & experiences matrix

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
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Living in Australia – interactive explorer

Use the interactive explorer to understand how your community’s values and experiences compare to other similar locations and regional benchmarks. The explorer also allows you to understand values and experiences across small areas within your LGA and the role of demography. View this short video to learn more about this tool.

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Australia Overall Liveability Index

May 2023 Overall Liveability Index

Australia
May 2023
Results sorted by importance in Australia
Importance
Australia importance May 2023 importance
Experience
Australia experience May 2023 experience

Feeling safe

63%
6.8
63%
6.7

Natural environment

53%
7.9
52%
7.7

Affordable decent housing

52%
4.7
46%
4.9

Health services

45%
6.5
45%
6.2

Public transport

40%
5.6
39%
5.5

Making your way

32%
6.4
32%
6.4

Sense of community

31%
6.5
32%
6.5

Good job prospects

29%
5.9
26%
5.8

Shopping, leisure & dining

28%
6.5
31%
6.2

Social cohesion

26%
6.7
27%
6.7

A lack of road congestion

22%
5.6
26%
5.7

Opportunity for all

18%
6.3
18%
6.3

Education

18%
6.7
19%
6.5

Cultural facilities

16%
6.2
16%
5.9

A prosperous economy

15%
6.2
16%
6.2

Sports and recreation

11%
7.2
12%
6.9

When asked to select the five attributes that they believe make somewhere a good place to live, residents of Australia were most likely to select [imp ATTRIBUTE 1 & (%)], [imp ATTRIBUTE 2 & (%)] and [imp ATTRIBUTE 3 & (%)]. When asked to rate their local area experiences against all 16 attributes, Australia residents’ most positive experiences included [exp ATTRIBUTE 1 & (mean)], [exp ATTRIBUTE 2 & (mean)] and [imp ATTRIBUTE 3 & (mean)].

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