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Urban B in Sunshine Coast

Urban B is made up of Birtinya, Bokarina, Buddina, Minyama, Mountain Creek, Parrearra, Warana, and Wurtulla.

Living in Urban B

Urban B Overall Liveability Index
Urban B 2023
64.7
Sunshine Coast
60.3
Rural 1
59.5
Rural 2
59.2
Urban A
58.7
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 B Overall Liveability Index

Urban B Overall Liveability Index 64.5

Sunshine Coast Overall Liveability Index

Sunshine Coast Overall Liveability Index 60.3

Urban B
Sunshine Coast
Importance
Experience

Feeling safe

Importance
Experience
73%
6.9
69%
6.8

Natural environment

Importance
Experience
67%
8.4
66%
8.1

Shopping, leisure & dining

Importance
Experience
45%
6.7
33%
6.1

Health services

Importance
Experience
44%
7.7
41%
6.8

A lack of road congestion

Importance
Experience
38%
4.2
45%
4.0

Affordable decent housing

Importance
Experience
37%
4.4
44%
4.2

Making your way

Importance
Experience
32%
5.8
32%
5.3

Sense of community

Importance
Experience
31%
6.7
36%
6.7

Public transport

Importance
Experience
29%
5.1
31%
4.4

Good job prospects

Importance
Experience
22%
5.5
21%
5.1

Social cohesion

Importance
Experience
18%
6.5
17%
6.4

A prosperous economy

Importance
Experience
16%
6.2
13%
6.0

Opportunity for all

Importance
Experience
15%
6.3
13%
6.1

Education

Importance
Experience
15%
7.2
15%
6.7

Sports and recreation

Importance
Experience
11%
7.3
11%
6.8

Cultural facilities

Importance
Experience
9%
4.9
11%
4.9
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Health and Wellbeing in Urban B

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 B (n = 244)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban B (n = 244)
9%
58%
33%
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 B (n = 244)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban B (n = 244)
9%
65%
26%
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 B (n = 244)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban B (n = 244)
8%
71%
21%
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 B

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 B (n = 244)
6.2
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
6.0
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban B (n = 244)
28%
49%
24%
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 B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1849)
Always late
1%
1%
Often late
3%
5%
Sometimes late
24%
25%
Never late
72%
70%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban B (n = 244)
40%
48%
12%
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 B

Which of the following best describes your personal views on climate change?
Urban B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
Climate change is happening and is caused entirely or mostly by human activities
43%
41%
Climate change is happening and is caused equally by human activities and natural causes
32%
34%
Climate change is happening and is caused entirely or mostly by natural causes
5%
9%
Climate change is happening, but I am not sure what is causing it
6%
6%
I do not believe climate change is happening
13%
11%
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Significantly lower

Among those that believe in climate change, 48% indicated that their local area is currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 38% expected their local area to feel the effects within their lifetime. Of those, 2% were very confident that their local area would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 38% somewhat confident. 56% 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 B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1738)
My local area is feeling the effects of climate change
48%
51%
My local area is not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect it will in my lifetime
38%
34%
My local area is not feeling the effects of climate change, and do not expect it will in my lifetime
14%
14%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1484)
Very confident
2%
4%
Somewhat confident
38%
38%
Not very confident
41%
39%
Not at all confident
16%
13%
Don't know
3%
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 (77%), Extreme heat (72%) and Flooding (72%). 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 (64%), Educate residents on how to live more sustainably (62%) and Provide options for recycling waste (57%).

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 B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1439)
Storms
77%
73%
Extreme heat
72%
71%
Flooding
72%
76%
Sea level rise
54%
39%
Severe wind
39%
34%
Bushfires
36%
51%
Cyclones
29%
25%
Droughts
29%
31%
Extremely cold temperatures
8%
8%
Landslide
5%
12%
Other
1%
3%
Earthquakes
0%
2%
None of these
0%
1%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1484)
Protect and enhance local biodiversity
64%
69%
Educate residents on how to live more sustainably
62%
60%
Provide options for recycling waste
57%
54%
Adopt renewable energy sources
56%
52%
Reduce pollution of the environment
51%
55%
The use of more sustainable transport options
50%
49%
More sustainable building and development practices
49%
48%
Conserve natural resources
49%
53%
Host renewable energy projects in the local area
44%
39%
Encourage residents to buy locally
44%
42%
Reduce carbon emissions in the local area
43%
40%
Create renewable energy sources
41%
41%
Other
3%
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, 7% were very confident that they would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 55% somewhat confident. 35% 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 B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1738)
I am feeling the effects of climate change
42%
45%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect to in my lifetime
41%
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 B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1451)
Very confident
7%
9%
Somewhat confident
55%
58%
Not very confident
31%
25%
Not at all confident
3%
4%
Don't know
3%
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 (89%), Harder to get/more expensive food items (71%) and My ability to leave my home due to weather (44%). 55% feel climate change will reduce their quality of life somewhat, and a further 20% 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 B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1451)
Increased household running costs
89%
84%
Harder to get/more expensive food items
71%
68%
My ability to leave my home due to weather
44%
42%
My ability to access nature due to weather
40%
39%
Essential infrastructure vulnerability
36%
34%
Reduction in air quality
33%
31%
Loss or damage to your home/property
29%
31%
Challenges getting around
29%
39%
Transport infrastructure vulnerability
26%
28%
Challenges accessing essential services
23%
24%
Reduced personal safety/health (myself/others)
21%
22%
Reduced value to your home/property
18%
12%
Other
1%
3%
None of these
0%
2%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Urban B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1451)
It will improve a lot
0%
1%
It will improve somewhat
4%
6%
It will not change
14%
14%
It will reduce somewhat
55%
54%
It will reduce a lot
20%
18%
Don't know
6%
7%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower

Concerns & ideas in Urban B

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Urban B (n = 244)
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
Inflation/Cost of Living
63%
64%
Housing/Price of Housing
59%
56%
Law & order
30%
24%
Population/Overpopulation
28%
28%
Transport
27%
28%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
22%
23%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
15%
14%
The Economy
15%
10%
Healthcare/Hospitals
8%
9%
Taxation
6%
5%
Environmental Concerns
6%
9%
Poverty/Inequality
6%
8%
Immigration
4%
4%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
4%
7%
Unemployment
2%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
2%
1%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
1%
1%
Defence
1%
1%
Education
1%
1%
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Significantly lower