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City of Banyule community views

The Community Views team surveyed 129 residents from East in July 2023.

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Views.id platform tour
About the Living in Place community survey
Understanding Health and Wellbeing
Understanding Housing
Understanding Transport Infrastructure
Understanding Social Infrastructure
Understanding Financial Wellbeing and Economic Confidence
Living in Banyule, 2023 - Insights workshop slides
Living in Banyule, 2023 - Councillor Workshop
Key Findings video - 2023
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East in City of Banyule

East is made up of Yallambie, Viewbank, and Lower Plenty.

Living in East

East Overall Liveability Index
City of Banyule
65.5
Mid
68.3
North
67.3
North East
67.1
North West
60.9
South
68.3
West
59.1
Collected July 2023

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

East Overall Liveability Index

East Overall Liveability Index 66.1

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index 65.5

East
City of Banyule
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
73%
7.6
71%
7.1
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
70%
8.2
66%
7.7
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
44%
5.9
45%
6.3
Public transport
Importance
Experience
43%
6.0
54%
6.8
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
40%
6.4
36%
6.5
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
39%
3.9
34%
4.2
Health services
Importance
Experience
36%
7.3
37%
7.2
Education
Importance
Experience
29%
7.4
24%
6.9
Making your way
Importance
Experience
29%
5.5
30%
5.9
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
23%
7.2
15%
7.0
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
23%
5.4
27%
5.2
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
23%
6.8
27%
6.7
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
9%
6.6
8%
6.3
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
8%
5.5
12%
5.1
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
8%
6.3
10%
6.4
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
3%
5.2
5%
5.3
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Health and Wellbeing in East

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?
East (n = 129)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
7%
70%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
9%
62%
29%
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?
East (n = 129)
7.8
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.5
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
8%
75%
16%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7%
70%
22%
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?
East (n = 129)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
2%
86%
12%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7%
75%
19%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Financial circumstances in East

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?
East (n = 129)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
26%
61%
13%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
26%
56%
17%
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?
East (n = 129)
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1271)
Always late
0%
0%
Often late
5%
4%
Sometimes late
19%
24%
Never late
76%
72%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
East (n = 129)
40%
54%
6%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
44%
49%
7%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Concerns & ideas in East

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
East (n = 129)
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
Inflation/Cost of Living
69%
63%
Housing/Price of Housing
40%
49%
Transport
32%
23%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
26%
20%
Environmental Concerns
26%
18%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
21%
23%
The Economy
17%
16%
Healthcare/Hospitals
15%
16%
Population/Overpopulation
14%
14%
Law & order
14%
18%
Poverty/Inequality
6%
11%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
5%
9%
Education
5%
5%
Taxation
3%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
3%
2%
Unemployment
2%
4%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
1%
2%
Immigration
1%
2%
Defence
1%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower