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The Australia Overall Liveability Index was 63.4/100

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Values & Experiences 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
Metropolitan Australia: 2024
64.5
Regional 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 Regional Australia: 2024 (61.5) and lower than Metropolitan 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

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.

Australia Overall Liveability Index

Australia Overall Liveability Index 63.4

Australia
Sorted by Importance in Australia
Importance
Australia importance
Experience
Australia experience
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
63%
6.8
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
53%
7.9
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
52%
4.7
Health services
Importance
Experience
45%
6.5
Public transport
Importance
Experience
40%
5.6
Making your way
Importance
Experience
32%
6.4
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
31%
6.5
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
29%
5.9
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
28%
6.5
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
26%
6.7
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
22%
5.6
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
18%
6.3
Education
Importance
Experience
18%
6.7
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
16%
6.2
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
15%
6.2
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
11%
7.2
The arrows indicate whether a difference is statistically significant. Significance testing helps determine if a difference between two groups is likely real (shown by an arrow) or due to random chance (no arrow).
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