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City of Banyule community views

The Community Views team surveyed 183 residents from North East in July 2023.

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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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North East in City of Banyule

North East is made up of Briar Hill, Montmorency, Eltham North, and St Helena.

Living in North East

North East Overall Liveability Index
City of Banyule
65.5
East
66.1
Mid
68.3
North
67.3
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

North East Overall Liveability Index

North East Overall Liveability Index 67.1

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index 65.5

North East
City of Banyule
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
73%
7.8
71%
7.1
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
68%
7.9
66%
7.7
Public transport
Importance
Experience
47%
6.4
54%
6.8
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
43%
7.3
36%
6.5
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
40%
4.0
34%
4.2
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
36%
6.6
45%
6.3
Health services
Importance
Experience
36%
6.9
37%
7.2
Making your way
Importance
Experience
33%
5.6
30%
5.9
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
28%
6.8
27%
6.7
Education
Importance
Experience
23%
7.1
24%
6.9
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
20%
5.2
27%
5.2
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
15%
7.4
15%
7.0
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
12%
6.5
10%
6.4
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
12%
5.7
12%
5.1
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
8%
6.6
8%
6.3
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
6%
5.4
5%
5.3
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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Health and Wellbeing in North 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?
North East (n = 183)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
North East (n = 183)
8%
67%
26%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
9%
62%
29%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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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?
North East (n = 183)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.5
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
North East (n = 183)
8%
73%
19%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7%
70%
22%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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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?
North East (n = 183)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
North East (n = 183)
7%
78%
15%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7%
75%
19%
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Stay the same
Get better
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Financial circumstances in North 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?
North East (n = 183)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
North East (n = 183)
26%
63%
10%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
26%
56%
17%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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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?
North East (n = 183)
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1271)
Always late
1%
0%
Often late
2%
4%
Sometimes late
21%
24%
Never late
76%
72%
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Significantly lower
North East (n = 183)
52%
43%
5%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
44%
49%
7%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Concerns & ideas in North East

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
North East (n = 183)
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
Inflation/Cost of Living
61%
63%
Housing/Price of Housing
41%
49%
Healthcare/Hospitals
27%
16%
Environmental Concerns
27%
18%
Transport
23%
23%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
23%
23%
The Economy
19%
16%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
19%
20%
Population/Overpopulation
15%
14%
Poverty/Inequality
10%
11%
Law & order
8%
18%
Education
7%
5%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
4%
9%
Taxation
4%
5%
Unemployment
4%
4%
Race Relations/Racism
3%
2%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
3%
2%
Immigration
2%
2%
Defence
0%
1%
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