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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 Australia

Greater Importance & Better Experiences

32% 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 Australia 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 6.4 out of 10, on average, making it the 9th most positively experienced attribute of 16.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Australia
32%
6.4
May 2023
32%
6.4
Metropolitan Australia: 2024
33%
6.4
Regional Australia: 2024
30%
6.5

Local areas

Importance
Experience
Australia
32%
6.4
South East Queensland (n = 487)
36%
6.0
Melbourne (n = 367)
35%
6.5
Sydney (n = 377)
32%
6.4
Adelaide (n = 207)
30%
6.8
Darwin (n = 229)
22%
7.3
Hobart (n = 232)
36%
5.7
Perth (n = 327)
30%
6.7
The ACT (n = 302)
30%
6.6
Western VIC (n = 178)
29%
7.1
Northern NSW (n = 169)
31%
6.0
Eastern VIC (n = 286)
31%
6.9
Southern NSW (n = 214)
26%
6.0
Central NSW (n = 284)
31%
6.6
Central VIC (n = 185)
35%
7.1
Central QLD (n = 166)
28%
6.0
Regional SA (n = 113)
24%
6.5
Rest of QLD (n = 31)
21%
7.5
Regional Tas (n = 263)
34%
6.4
Regional WA (n = 317)
30%
6.8
Far North Queensland (n = 208)
24%
6.1
Regional NT (n = 122)
33%
6.8

Gender

Importance
Experience
Australia
32%
6.4
Male (n = 1954)
33%
6.5
Female (n = 2943)
33%
6.5
Other (n = 64)
26%
5.4

Age

Importance
Experience
Australia
32%
6.4
18 - 34 (n = 1035)
35%
6.5
35 - 59 (n = 1810)
33%
6.4
60 + (n = 1992)
29%
6.5

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