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Toowoomba community views

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 Toowoomba

Greater Importance & Better Experiences

31% 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 7th most important liveability aspect for Toowoomba 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 6.0 out of 10, on average, making it the 7th most positively experienced attribute of 16.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
31%
6.0
June 2022
30%
6.4
Australia: 2023
32%
6.4
Queensland: 2023
29%
6.0
Regional Australia: 2023
29%
6.3
South East Queensland: 2023
30%
5.9

Local areas

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
31%
6.0
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
37%
5.9
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
27%
6.1

Gender

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
31%
6.0
Male (n = 205)
31%
5.9
Female (n = 416)
30%
6.1

Age

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
31%
6.0
18 - 34 (n = 80)
29%
5.7
35 - 59 (n = 240)
31%
6.1
60 + (n = 289)
32%
6.2

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