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City of Banyule community views

The Community Views team surveyed 132 residents from West 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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West in City of Banyule

West is made up of Heidelberg West, Heidelberg Heights, and Bellfield.

Living in West

West Overall Liveability Index
City of Banyule
65.5
East
66.1
Mid
68.3
North
67.3
North East
67.1
North West
60.9
South
68.3
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

West Overall Liveability Index

West Overall Liveability Index 59.1

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index

City of Banyule Overall Liveability Index 65.5

West
City of Banyule
Importance
Experience
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
73%
7.1
66%
7.7
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
69%
5.3
71%
7.1
Public transport
Importance
Experience
52%
5.9
54%
6.8
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
43%
5.3
27%
5.2
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
40%
5.4
45%
6.3
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
39%
6.6
27%
6.7
Health services
Importance
Experience
32%
7.1
37%
7.2
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
29%
5.5
36%
6.5
Making your way
Importance
Experience
28%
6.0
30%
5.9
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
25%
5.1
34%
4.2
Education
Importance
Experience
22%
5.7
24%
6.9
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
15%
4.6
12%
5.1
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
12%
6.1
15%
7.0
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
8%
5.9
10%
6.4
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
7%
4.9
8%
6.3
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
6%
5.0
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 West

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?
West (n = 132)
7.1
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
West (n = 132)
12%
54%
35%
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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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?
West (n = 132)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.5
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
West (n = 132)
8%
66%
26%
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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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?
West (n = 132)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
West (n = 132)
12%
62%
26%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
7%
75%
19%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Significantly lower

Financial circumstances in West

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?
West (n = 132)
5.7
Very poor
Excellent
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
West (n = 132)
29%
52%
19%
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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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?
West (n = 132)
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1271)
Always late
0%
0%
Often late
5%
4%
Sometimes late
36%
24%
Never late
59%
72%
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Significantly lower
West (n = 132)
48%
43%
10%
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 West

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
West (n = 132)
City of Banyule 2023 (n = 1345)
Inflation/Cost of Living
56%
63%
Housing/Price of Housing
47%
49%
Law & order
40%
18%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
31%
9%
Poverty/Inequality
26%
11%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
17%
23%
Transport
15%
23%
Unemployment
14%
4%
Population/Overpopulation
13%
14%
Environmental Concerns
9%
18%
The Economy
8%
16%
Healthcare/Hospitals
8%
16%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
5%
20%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
3%
2%
Taxation
2%
5%
Education
2%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
2%
2%
Defence
2%
1%
Immigration
1%
2%
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