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Rest of Toowoomba in Toowoomba

Rest of Toowoomba is made up of Blue Mountain Heights, Highfields, Millmerran, Cranley, Biddeston, Clifton, Meringandan West, Westbrook, Cooyar, Cambooya, Oakey, Upper Yarraman, Irongate, Torrington, Condamine Farms, Felton South, Woolmer, Kingsthorpe, Pittsworth, Acland, Cotswold Hills, Wyreema, Preston, Crows Nest, Top Camp, Cawdor, Ascot, Hampton, Gowrie Junction, Gowrie Mountain, Maclagan, Meringandan, Aubigny, Goombungee, Spring Creek, Bringalily, Leyburn, Millmerran Downs, Kleinton, Hodgson Vale, Headington Hill, Stoneleigh, Kooralgin, Jondaryan, Ramsay, Vale View, Cressbrook Creek, North Branch, Brymaroo, Cabarlah, Kulpi, Anduramba, Nevilton, Nobby, East Greenmount, Wellcamp, Spring Bluff, Ravensbourne, Mount Rascal, Greenmount, Yarraman, Cecil Plains, Narko, Springside, Kooroongarra, Haden, Millmerran Woods, Kilbirnie, Southbrook, Sandy Camp, Thornville, Charlton, Glencoe, and Boodua.

Living in Rest of Toowoomba

Rest of Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index
Rest of Toowoomba 2022
63.4
Toowoomba
55.6
Central Toowoomba
54.7
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

Rest of Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index

Rest of Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index 58.0

Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index

Toowoomba Overall Liveability Index 55.6

Rest of Toowoomba
Toowoomba
Importance
Experience

Feeling safe

Importance
Experience
77%
5.4
74%
4.6

Health services

Importance
Experience
52%
5.9
51%
6.1

Affordable decent housing

Importance
Experience
49%
5.4
55%
4.8

Sense of community

Importance
Experience
46%
6.9
35%
6.0

Natural environment

Importance
Experience
42%
7.0
39%
6.8

Making your way

Importance
Experience
37%
5.9
31%
6.0

A lack of road congestion

Importance
Experience
29%
6.3
28%
5.7

Good job prospects

Importance
Experience
27%
5.2
30%
5.4

Shopping, leisure & dining

Importance
Experience
26%
5.3
31%
6.1

Public transport

Importance
Experience
24%
2.9
26%
3.6

Education

Importance
Experience
21%
6.5
21%
6.8

A prosperous economy

Importance
Experience
18%
5.6
16%
5.5

Social cohesion

Importance
Experience
16%
6.4
21%
6.0

Opportunity for all

Importance
Experience
15%
6.1
18%
5.9

Sports and recreation

Importance
Experience
11%
6.1
10%
6.3

Cultural facilities

Importance
Experience
9%
5.2
15%
5.6
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Health and Wellbeing in Rest of 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?
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
14%
61%
25%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
14%
58%
27%
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?
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
7.1
Very poor
Excellent
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
6.8
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
8%
72%
19%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
11%
68%
21%
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?
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
13%
70%
18%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
12%
71%
18%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Financial circumstances in Rest of 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?
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
6.2
Very poor
Excellent
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
5.8
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
30%
55%
15%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
30%
50%
19%
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?
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 590)
Always late
1%
1%
Often late
5%
6%
Sometimes late
25%
24%
Never late
69%
68%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
43%
45%
12%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
53%
39%
8%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Concerns & ideas in Rest of Toowoomba

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
Toowoomba 2023 (n = 632)
Law & order
57%
64%
Inflation/Cost of Living
51%
54%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
36%
23%
Housing/Price of Housing
33%
47%
Healthcare/Hospitals
23%
17%
Transport
20%
15%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
15%
18%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
15%
14%
Unemployment
10%
7%
The Economy
10%
8%
Population/Overpopulation
7%
7%
Environmental Concerns
6%
5%
Taxation
5%
3%
Education
3%
2%
Immigration
3%
2%
Poverty/Inequality
2%
7%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
2%
3%
Race Relations/Racism
1%
3%
Defence
0%
0%
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Significantly lower