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Regional Tas in Australia

Regional Tas is made up of Launceston (C), Derwent Valley (M), Brighton (M), West Tamar (M), Huon Valley (M), Dorset (M), Devonport (C), Waratah-Wynyard (M), Northern Midlands (M), Burnie (C), Central Coast (M) (Tas.), West Coast (M), Meander Valley (M), Kingborough (M), Break O'Day (M), George Town (M), Sorell (M), Kentish (M), Southern Midlands (M), Tasman (M), Glamorgan-Spring Bay (M), Latrobe (M) (Tas.), Circular Head (M), Glenorchy (C), Flinders (M) (Tas.), and King Island (M).

Living in Regional Tas

Regional Tas Overall Liveability Index
Regional Tas 2023
60.6
Australia
63.4
Adelaide
67.4
Central NSW
60.5
Central QLD
59.5
Central VIC
67.5
Darwin
58.5
Eastern VIC
63.9
Far North Queensland
60.3
Hobart
58.5
Melbourne
65.5
Northern NSW
58.8
Perth
67.4
Regional NT
53.0
Regional SA
67.7
Regional WA
61.7
Rest of QLD
68.7
South East Queensland
63.7
Southern NSW
61.9
Sydney
65.9
The ACT
65.6
Western VIC
66.4
Collected May 2024

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

Regional Tas Overall Liveability Index

Regional Tas Overall Liveability Index 60.2

Australia Overall Liveability Index

Australia Overall Liveability Index 63.4

Regional Tas
Australia
Importance
Experience

Feeling safe

Importance
Experience
67%
7.1
63%
6.8

Affordable decent housing

Importance
Experience
64%
5.1
52%
4.7

Natural environment

Importance
Experience
59%
8.3
53%
7.9

Health services

Importance
Experience
47%
4.8
45%
6.5

Making your way

Importance
Experience
34%
6.4
32%
6.4

Sense of community

Importance
Experience
33%
6.5
31%
6.5

A lack of road congestion

Importance
Experience
28%
6.8
22%
5.6

Good job prospects

Importance
Experience
27%
4.6
29%
5.9

Shopping, leisure & dining

Importance
Experience
22%
4.8
28%
6.5

Opportunity for all

Importance
Experience
22%
5.6
18%
6.3

Education

Importance
Experience
22%
5.1
18%
6.7

Social cohesion

Importance
Experience
21%
6.2
26%
6.7

Public transport

Importance
Experience
16%
3.7
40%
5.6

A prosperous economy

Importance
Experience
15%
5.2
15%
6.2

Sports and recreation

Importance
Experience
13%
6.4
11%
7.2

Cultural facilities

Importance
Experience
9%
5.2
16%
6.2
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Health and Wellbeing in Regional Tas

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?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
17%
53%
30%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
12%
58%
30%
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?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
7.2
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
11%
58%
32%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
10%
65%
25%
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?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
6.4
Very poor
Excellent
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
13%
65%
22%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
9%
68%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Financial circumstances in Regional Tas

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?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
5.8
Very poor
Excellent
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
6.0
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
23%
48%
29%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
21%
51%
28%
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?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 4831)
Always late
0%
2%
Often late
9%
5%
Sometimes late
37%
27%
Never late
54%
66%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
38%
53%
9%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
35%
52%
13%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Impacts of climate change in Regional Tas

Which of the following best describes your personal views on climate change?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
It's happening - caused entirely or mostly by human activities
48%
46%
It's happening - caused equally by human activities and natural causes
29%
30%
It's happening - caused entirely or mostly by natural causes
10%
9%
It's happening - not sure what is causing it
5%
6%
I do not believe climate change is happening
7%
9%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Among those that believe in climate change, 46% indicated that their local area is currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 40% expected their local area to feel the effects within their lifetime. Of those, 3% were very confident that their local area would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 39% somewhat confident. 54% were not confident.

Please select the extent to which climate change is impacting or will impact your local area in your lifetime?
How confident are you that your local area will be able to adapt to the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 4511)
My local area is feeling the effects of climate change
46%
45%
My local area is not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect it will in my lifetime
40%
40%
My local area is not feeling the effects of climate change, and do not expect it will in my lifetime
14%
15%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 3806)
Very confident
3%
6%
Somewhat confident
39%
38%
Not very confident
43%
39%
Not at all confident
11%
13%
Don't know
4%
4%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Among the group of residents that felt their local area is currently feeling, or will feel, the effects of climate change in their lifetime, the top local area climate-related events were: Bushfires (73%), Droughts (55%) and Flooding (51%). The top actions residents felt should be taken to address the effects of climate change in their local area were: Educate residents on how to live more sustainably (67%), Protect and enhance local biodiversity (66%) and Provide options for recycling waste (61%).

How is your local area currently, or how do you expect it will, feel the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
What do you feel are the best ways to address the effects of climate change in your local area?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 3660)
Bushfires
73%
51%
Droughts
55%
42%
Flooding
51%
55%
Severe wind
50%
43%
Extreme heat
49%
75%
Storms
37%
57%
Sea level rise
36%
23%
Extremely cold temperatures
32%
18%
Landslide
9%
6%
Cyclones
4%
12%
Other
3%
3%
Earthquakes
0%
5%
None of these
0%
0%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 3806)
Educate residents on how to live more sustainably
67%
58%
Protect and enhance local biodiversity
66%
64%
Provide options for recycling waste
61%
53%
Conserve natural resources
59%
54%
Reduce pollution of the environment
59%
58%
Adopt renewable energy sources
55%
55%
Create renewable energy sources
48%
46%
Host renewable energy projects in the local area
48%
41%
More sustainable building and development practices
45%
48%
More sustainable transport options
42%
48%
Encourage residents to buy locally
39%
36%
Reduce carbon emissions in the local area
37%
43%
Other
4%
6%
None of these
2%
2%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Impacts of climate change on residents

Among those that believe in climate change, 44% indicated that they themselves are currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 40% expected to within their lifetime. Of those, 11% were very confident that they would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 54% somewhat confident. 33% were not confident.

Please select the extent to which climate change is impacting or will impact you personally in your lifetime?
How confident are you that you personally will be able to adapt to the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 4511)
I am feeling the effects of climate change
43%
44%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect to in my lifetime
41%
40%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, and do not expect to in my lifetime
16%
16%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 3728)
Very confident
11%
10%
Somewhat confident
54%
53%
Not very confident
26%
27%
Not at all confident
7%
6%
Don't know
2%
4%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Among the group of residents that felt they are currently feeling, or will feel, the effects of climate change in their lifetime, the top personal impacts were: Increased household running costs (84%), Food production, making it harder and more expensive to get food items (70%) and My ability to access nature due to weather (42%). 57% feel climate change will reduce their quality of life somewhat, and a further 21% feel it will reduce their quality of life a lot.

How are you currently, or how do you expect to, personally feel the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Which of the following best represents how you believe the effects of climate change will affect your quality of life?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 3728)
Increased household running costs
84%
81%
Food production, making it harder and more expensive to get food items
70%
63%
My ability to access nature due to weather
42%
34%
Reduction in air quality
38%
39%
Essential infrastructure vulnerability
38%
39%
My ability to leave my home due to weather
34%
44%
Challenges accessing essential services
34%
28%
Challenges getting around
32%
38%
Loss or damage to your home/property
30%
27%
Reduced personal safety or health to myself and/or those around me
29%
27%
Transport infrastructure vulnerability
23%
30%
Reduced value to your home/property
20%
13%
Other
3%
3%
None of these
1%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 3728)
It will improve a lot
1%
2%
It will improve somewhat
4%
7%
It will not change
14%
14%
It will reduce somewhat
57%
49%
It will reduce a lot
21%
22%
Don't know
4%
6%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Concerns & ideas in Regional Tas

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Regional Tas (n = 263)
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
Inflation/Cost of Living
65%
59%
Housing/Price of Housing
49%
54%
Healthcare/Hospitals
39%
19%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
24%
21%
Law & order
19%
26%
Unemployment
19%
9%
Transport
15%
18%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
14%
15%
Poverty/Inequality
11%
11%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
11%
14%
Education
9%
3%
The Economy
9%
13%
Environmental Concerns
6%
7%
Taxation
4%
5%
Population/Overpopulation
3%
13%
Immigration
2%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
2%
3%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
2%
5%
Defence
0%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower