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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 Huon Valley

23% 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 10th most important liveability aspect for Huon Valley 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 5.8 out of 10, on average, making it the 7th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia, residents of Huon Valley placed less importance on Making your way to and from services with ease and reported worse local area experiences.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Huon Valley
23%
5.8
Australia
27%
6.4
Small Town & Rural
26%
6.5
Tasmania
27%
5.7

Local areas

Importance
Experience
Huon Valley
23%
5.8
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
16%
5.6
Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
21%
5.2
Franklin and surrounds (n = 101)
20%
5.9
Geeveston and surrounds (n = 76)
27%
6.4
Huonville/Ranelagh and surrounds (n = 292)
30%
5.9

Gender

Importance
Experience
Huon Valley
23%
5.8
Male (n = 216)
21%
5.8
Female (n = 544)
25%
5.8
Other (n = 11)
27%
4.1

Age

Importance
Experience
Huon Valley
23%
5.8
18 - 34 (n = 105)
20%
6.1
35 - 59 (n = 387)
21%
5.8
60 + (n = 265)
26%
5.7

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