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Logan City Council community views

The Community Views team surveyed 206 residents from Rural 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
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Rural in Logan City Council

Rural is made up of Jimboomba, Forestdale, Greenbank, South Maclean, New Beith, Logan Village, Buccan, Wolffdene, Flagstone, Park Ridge, Cedar Vale, Chambers Flat, Mundoolun, Woodhill, Bannockburn, North Maclean, Cedar Grove, Cornubia, Glenlogan, Logan Reserve, Riverbend, Cedar Creek, Stockleigh, Munruben, and Park Ridge South.

Living in Rural

Rural Overall Liveability Index
Rural 2022
48.3
Logan City Council
50.5
Urban
52.0
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

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Rural Overall Liveability Index

Rural Overall Liveability Index 46.5

Logan City Council Overall Liveability Index

Logan City Council Overall Liveability Index 50.5

Rural
Logan City Council
Importance
Experience

Feeling safe

Importance
Experience
78%
5.5
75%
4.8

A lack of road congestion

Importance
Experience
55%
3.2
36%
4.0

Health services

Importance
Experience
49%
4.5
48%
5.3

Public transport

Importance
Experience
47%
2.4
45%
4.4

Natural environment

Importance
Experience
45%
6.2
41%
6.3

Making your way

Importance
Experience
39%
3.8
39%
4.8

Shopping, leisure & dining

Importance
Experience
35%
4.3
36%
4.9

Sense of community

Importance
Experience
32%
6.0
29%
5.6

Affordable decent housing

Importance
Experience
32%
5.2
45%
5.0

Education

Importance
Experience
26%
5.1
24%
5.5

Good job prospects

Importance
Experience
17%
4.3
20%
4.7

Social cohesion

Importance
Experience
14%
6.2
17%
6.0

A prosperous economy

Importance
Experience
9%
5.1
12%
4.7

Sports and recreation

Importance
Experience
9%
5.4
9%
5.4

Opportunity for all

Importance
Experience
9%
5.8
13%
5.7

Cultural facilities

Importance
Experience
3%
3.4
11%
4.1
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

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Health and Wellbeing in Rural

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?
Rural (n = 206)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
6.3
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rural (n = 206)
14%
66%
20%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
16%
62%
22%
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?
Rural (n = 206)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rural (n = 206)
12%
71%
17%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
13%
68%
19%
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?
Rural (n = 206)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
6.4
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rural (n = 206)
7%
78%
14%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
11%
72%
17%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
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Financial circumstances in Rural

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?
Rural (n = 206)
5.9
Very poor
Excellent
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
5.5
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rural (n = 206)
34%
50%
16%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
31%
49%
21%
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?
Rural (n = 206)
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 656)
Always late
2%
3%
Often late
5%
7%
Sometimes late
29%
31%
Never late
63%
59%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Rural (n = 206)
52%
40%
9%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
56%
37%
7%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
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Concerns & ideas in Rural

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Rural (n = 206)
Logan City Council 2023 (n = 703)
Inflation/Cost of Living
50%
53%
Law & order
50%
52%
Transport
41%
23%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
30%
26%
Healthcare/Hospitals
29%
20%
Housing/Price of Housing
29%
38%
Population/Overpopulation
20%
11%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
15%
15%
The Economy
10%
10%
Environmental Concerns
9%
4%
Education
6%
5%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
5%
20%
Unemployment
2%
9%
Race Relations/Racism
2%
1%
Taxation
1%
2%
Poverty/Inequality
1%
9%
Immigration
1%
3%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
0%
1%
Defence
0%
0%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower