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Urban A in Sunshine Coast

Urban A is made up of Aroona, Baringa, Battery Hill, Bells Creek, Caloundra, Caloundra West, Currimundi, Dicky Beach, Golden Beach, Kings Beach, Little Mountain, Meridan Plains, Moffat Beach, Nirimba, Pelican Waters, Shelly Beach, and Banya.

Living in Urban A

Urban A Overall Liveability Index
Urban A 2023
61.6
Sunshine Coast
60.3
Rural 1
59.5
Rural 2
59.2
Urban B
64.5
Urban C
60.4
Urban D
61.6
Collected May 2024

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

Urban A Overall Liveability Index

Urban A Overall Liveability Index 58.7

Sunshine Coast Overall Liveability Index

Sunshine Coast Overall Liveability Index 60.3

Urban A
Sunshine Coast
Importance
Experience

Feeling safe

Importance
Experience
70%
6.6
69%
6.8

Natural environment

Importance
Experience
61%
8.0
66%
8.1

A lack of road congestion

Importance
Experience
52%
3.1
45%
4.0

Affordable decent housing

Importance
Experience
44%
4.3
44%
4.2

Health services

Importance
Experience
39%
7.2
41%
6.8

Shopping, leisure & dining

Importance
Experience
36%
6.1
33%
6.1

Sense of community

Importance
Experience
33%
6.4
36%
6.7

Public transport

Importance
Experience
33%
4.8
31%
4.4

Making your way

Importance
Experience
32%
4.9
32%
5.3

Good job prospects

Importance
Experience
24%
5.4
21%
5.1

Education

Importance
Experience
16%
6.9
15%
6.7

Social cohesion

Importance
Experience
14%
6.5
17%
6.4

Opportunity for all

Importance
Experience
12%
6.1
13%
6.1

Cultural facilities

Importance
Experience
11%
5.4
11%
4.9

A prosperous economy

Importance
Experience
11%
6.0
13%
6.0

Sports and recreation

Importance
Experience
10%
6.9
11%
6.8
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Significantly lower

Health and Wellbeing in Urban A

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?
Urban A (n = 424)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
9%
61%
29%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
10%
59%
31%
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?
Urban A (n = 424)
7.7
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
8%
69%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
7%
69%
23%
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?
Urban A (n = 424)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
9%
68%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
9%
70%
21%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Financial circumstances in Urban A

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?
Urban A (n = 424)
5.9
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
6.0
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
29%
53%
17%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
27%
52%
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?
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1849)
Always late
0%
1%
Often late
5%
5%
Sometimes late
28%
25%
Never late
67%
70%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
48%
44%
8%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
46%
45%
10%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Impacts of climate change in Urban A

Which of the following best describes your personal views on climate change?
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
Climate change is happening and is caused entirely or mostly by human activities
39%
41%
Climate change is happening and is caused equally by human activities and natural causes
36%
34%
Climate change is happening and is caused entirely or mostly by natural causes
10%
9%
Climate change is happening, but I am not sure what is causing it
4%
6%
I do not believe climate change is happening
11%
11%
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Significantly lower

Among those that believe in climate change, 53% indicated that their local area is currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 34% expected their local area to feel the effects within their lifetime. Of those, 5% were very confident that their local area would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 38% somewhat confident. 49% were not confident.

Please select the extent to which climate change is impacting or will impact your local area in your lifetime?
How confident are you that your local area will be able to adapt to the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1738)
My local area is feeling the effects of climate change
53%
51%
My local area is not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect it will in my lifetime
34%
34%
My local area is not feeling the effects of climate change, and do not expect it will in my lifetime
13%
14%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1484)
Very confident
5%
4%
Somewhat confident
38%
38%
Not very confident
37%
39%
Not at all confident
12%
13%
Don't know
8%
6%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Among the group of residents that felt their local area is currently feeling, or will feel, the effects of climate change in their lifetime, the top local area climate-related events were: Storms (74%), Flooding (73%) and Extreme heat (71%). The top actions residents felt should be taken to address the effects of climate change in their local area were: Protect and enhance local biodiversity (69%), Educate residents on how to live more sustainably (60%) and Reduce pollution of the environment (60%).

How is your local area currently, or how do you expect it will, feel the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
What do you feel are the best ways to address the effects of climate change in your local area?
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1439)
Storms
74%
73%
Flooding
73%
76%
Extreme heat
71%
71%
Sea level rise
54%
39%
Bushfires
44%
51%
Severe wind
44%
34%
Cyclones
30%
25%
Droughts
29%
31%
Extremely cold temperatures
7%
8%
Landslide
7%
12%
Other
3%
3%
Earthquakes
1%
2%
None of these
1%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1484)
Protect and enhance local biodiversity
69%
69%
Educate residents on how to live more sustainably
60%
60%
Reduce pollution of the environment
60%
55%
Provide options for recycling waste
55%
54%
Conserve natural resources
52%
53%
More sustainable building and development practices
49%
48%
The use of more sustainable transport options
48%
49%
Adopt renewable energy sources
48%
52%
Create renewable energy sources
40%
41%
Encourage residents to buy locally
38%
42%
Host renewable energy projects in the local area
38%
39%
Reduce carbon emissions in the local area
37%
40%
Other
7%
6%
None of these
2%
2%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Impacts of climate change on residents

Among those that believe in climate change, 45% indicated that they themselves are currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 38% expected to within their lifetime. Of those, 11% were very confident that they would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 59% somewhat confident. 24% were not confident.

Please select the extent to which climate change is impacting or will impact you personally in your lifetime?
How confident are you that you personally will be able to adapt to the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1738)
I am feeling the effects of climate change
43%
45%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect to in my lifetime
42%
38%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, and do not expect to in my lifetime
16%
16%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1451)
Very confident
11%
9%
Somewhat confident
59%
58%
Not very confident
22%
25%
Not at all confident
2%
4%
Don't know
6%
4%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Among the group of residents that felt they are currently feeling, or will feel, the effects of climate change in their lifetime, the top personal impacts were: Increased household running costs (83%), Harder to get/more expensive food items (68%) and My ability to access nature due to weather (38%). 51% feel climate change will reduce their quality of life somewhat, and a further 18% feel it will reduce their quality of life a lot.

How are you currently, or how do you expect to, personally feel the effects of climate change in your lifetime?
Which of the following best represents how you believe the effects of climate change will affect your quality of life?
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1451)
Increased household running costs
83%
84%
Harder to get/more expensive food items
68%
68%
My ability to access nature due to weather
38%
39%
My ability to leave my home due to weather
36%
42%
Essential infrastructure vulnerability
35%
34%
Challenges getting around
31%
39%
Transport infrastructure vulnerability
28%
28%
Reduction in air quality
27%
31%
Loss or damage to your home/property
26%
31%
Challenges accessing essential services
26%
24%
Reduced personal safety/health (myself/others)
25%
22%
Reduced value to your home/property
9%
12%
Other
3%
3%
None of these
2%
2%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1451)
It will improve a lot
2%
1%
It will improve somewhat
5%
6%
It will not change
16%
14%
It will reduce somewhat
51%
54%
It will reduce a lot
18%
18%
Don't know
8%
7%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Concerns & ideas in Urban A

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Urban A (n = 424)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
Inflation/Cost of Living
63%
64%
Housing/Price of Housing
54%
56%
Population/Overpopulation
34%
28%
Transport
29%
28%
Law & order
27%
24%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
22%
23%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
14%
14%
Environmental Concerns
11%
9%
Healthcare/Hospitals
10%
9%
The Economy
9%
10%
Poverty/Inequality
6%
8%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
6%
7%
Immigration
4%
4%
Unemployment
4%
5%
Taxation
4%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
2%
1%
Defence
1%
1%
Education
0%
1%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
0%
1%
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Significantly lower