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Toowoomba community views

The Community Views team surveyed 405 residents from Central Toowoomba in July 2023.

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Insights workshop slides - 2023
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
Insights workshop video presentation - 2023
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Central Toowoomba in Toowoomba

Central Toowoomba is made up of Harlaxton, Kearneys Spring, Toowoomba City, Drayton, South Toowoomba, East Toowoomba, Centenary Heights, Middle Ridge, Newtown, Rangeville, Wilsonton Heights, Darling Heights, Glenvale, Mount Lofty, Harristown, North Toowoomba, Wilsonton, Rockville, Prince Henry Heights, and Redwood.

Living in Central Toowoomba

Central Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index
Central Toowoomba 2022
61.5
Toowoomba
55.6
Rest of Toowoomba
58.0
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

Central Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index

Central Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index 54.7

Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index

Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index 55.6

Central Toowoomba
Toowoomba
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
72%
4.1
74%
4.6
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
58%
4.5
55%
4.8
Health services
Importance
Experience
51%
6.2
51%
6.1
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
38%
6.7
39%
6.8
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
33%
6.5
31%
6.1
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
31%
5.5
30%
5.4
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
29%
5.6
35%
6.0
Public transport
Importance
Experience
28%
3.9
26%
3.6
Making your way
Importance
Experience
27%
6.1
31%
6.0
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
27%
5.5
28%
5.7
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
23%
5.8
21%
6.0
Education
Importance
Experience
21%
7.0
21%
6.8
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
20%
5.8
18%
5.9
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
18%
5.8
15%
5.6
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
14%
5.5
16%
5.5
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
9%
6.4
10%
6.3
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 Central Toowoomba

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?
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
15%
57%
28%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
14%
58%
27%
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?
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
6.8
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
12%
67%
21%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
11%
68%
21%
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?
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
11%
71%
18%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
12%
71%
18%
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Stay the same
Get better
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Financial circumstances in Central Toowoomba

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?
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
5.7
Very poor
Excellent
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
5.8
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
30%
48%
22%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
30%
50%
19%
Get worse
Stay the same
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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?
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 590)
Always late
2%
1%
Often late
7%
6%
Sometimes late
24%
24%
Never late
67%
68%
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Significantly lower
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
58%
36%
7%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
53%
39%
8%
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Stay the same
Get better
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Concerns & ideas in Central Toowoomba

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
Law & order
68%
64%
Inflation/Cost of Living
56%
54%
Housing/Price of Housing
53%
47%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
20%
18%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
16%
23%
Healthcare/Hospitals
14%
17%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
14%
14%
Transport
12%
15%
Poverty/Inequality
10%
7%
Population/Overpopulation
8%
7%
The Economy
7%
8%
Unemployment
6%
7%
Race Relations/Racism
4%
3%
Environmental Concerns
4%
5%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
3%
3%
Taxation
2%
3%
Education
2%
2%
Immigration
1%
2%
Defence
0%
0%
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