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North Villages in Wingecarribee Shire

North Villages is made up of Colo Vale, Bargo, Hill Top, Yerrinbool, Alpine, Buxton, Balmoral, and Aylmerton.

Living in North Villages

North Villages Overall Liveability Index
Wingecarribee Shire
60.5
Bowral and Burradoo
62.4
East Villages
62.5
Mittagong District
59.4
Moss Vale
58.3
South Villages
65.7
West Villages
61.6
Collected January 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

North Villages Overall Liveability Index

North Villages Overall Liveability Index 57.0

Wingecarribee Shire Overall Liveability Index

Wingecarribee Shire Overall Liveability Index 60.5

North Villages
Wingecarribee Shire
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
64%
7.3
58%
7.7
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
56%
7.2
56%
7.7
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
51%
6.5
51%
6.7
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
49%
5.1
33%
4.4
Health services
Importance
Experience
42%
5.5
53%
6.3
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
37%
5.5
41%
4.6
Making your way
Importance
Experience
32%
5.4
28%
5.4
Public transport
Importance
Experience
30%
3.7
27%
3.6
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
24%
4.1
19%
4.7
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
23%
4.5
33%
5.8
Education
Importance
Experience
20%
4.6
19%
6.3
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
17%
5.6
23%
6.2
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
17%
5.5
15%
5.7
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
17%
6.0
13%
6.5
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
10%
4.3
17%
5.7
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
9%
5.4
13%
6.2
The arrows indicate whether a difference is statistically significant. Significance testing helps determine if a difference between two groups is likely real (shown by an arrow) or due to random chance (no arrow).
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Health and Wellbeing in North Villages

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?
North Villages (n = 143)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
7.5
Very poor
Excellent
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North Villages (n = 143)
15%
60%
25%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
12%
66%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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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?
North Villages (n = 143)
7.7
Very poor
Excellent
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
7.9
Very poor
Excellent
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North Villages (n = 143)
9%
75%
16%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
7%
74%
19%
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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?
North Villages (n = 143)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
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North Villages (n = 143)
8%
78%
14%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
6%
77%
16%
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Stay the same
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Financial circumstances in North Villages

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?
North Villages (n = 143)
6.2
Very poor
Excellent
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
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North Villages (n = 143)
29%
53%
17%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
26%
59%
15%
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Stay the same
Get better
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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?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 924)
Always late
0%
1%
Often late
6%
3%
Sometimes late
31%
27%
Never late
63%
69%
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North Villages (n = 143)
52%
41%
7%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
48%
46%
6%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Impacts of climate change in North Villages

Which of the following best describes your personal views on climate change?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
It's happening - caused entirely or mostly by human activities
36%
46%
It's happening - caused equally by human activities and natural causes
14%
10%
It's happening - caused entirely or mostly by natural causes
34%
32%
It's happening - not sure what is causing it
1%
4%
Do not believe climate change is happening
15%
8%
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Among those that believe in climate change, 63% indicated that their local area is currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 19% 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 30% somewhat confident. 62% 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?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 886)
Area is feeling the effects of climate change
63%
65%
Area is not feeling the effects, but expect it will in my lifetime
19%
22%
Area is not feeling the effects, and do not expect it will in my lifetime
18%
13%
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North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 775)
Very confident
2%
3%
Somewhat confident
30%
29%
Not very confident
43%
43%
Not at all confident
19%
21%
Don't know
6%
3%
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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: Bushfires (90%), Extreme heat (74%) and Storms (68%). 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 (66%), Provide options for recycling waste (63%) and Educate residents on how to live more sustainably (58%).

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?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 775)
Bushfires
90%
87%
Extreme heat
74%
72%
Storms
68%
66%
Droughts
60%
62%
Severe wind
56%
51%
Flooding
52%
61%
Extremely cold temperatures
21%
21%
Other
4%
4%
Landslide
3%
11%
Cyclones
1%
2%
None of these
1%
2%
Earthquakes
0%
1%
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North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 775)
Protect and enhance local biodiversity
66%
68%
Provide options for recycling waste
63%
60%
Educate residents on how to live more sustainably
58%
62%
Conserve natural resources (e.g. air, water, soil, etc.)
51%
54%
Host renewable energy projects in the local area
48%
48%
Reduce pollution of the environment
46%
52%
Adopt renewable energy sources
43%
53%
Sustainable building and development practices
41%
51%
Create renewable energy sources
41%
42%
More sustainable transport options
37%
42%
Reduce carbon emissions in the local area
36%
42%
Encourage residents to buy locally
36%
41%
Other
6%
5%
None of these
6%
2%
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Impacts of climate change on residents

Among those that believe in climate change, 56% indicated that they themselves are currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 31% 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 53% somewhat confident. 32% 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?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 886)
I am feeling the effects of climate change
50%
56%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, but expect to in my lifetime
32%
31%
I am not feeling the effects of climate change, and do not expect to in my lifetime
18%
14%
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North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 764)
Very confident
7%
10%
Somewhat confident
53%
56%
Not very confident
29%
26%
Not at all confident
3%
6%
Don't know
8%
2%
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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 (e.g. energy, water, insurance, etc) (89%), Food production, making it harder and more expensive to get food items (64%) and Challenges getting around (e.g. damage to roads, public transport) (57%). 45% feel climate change will reduce their quality of life somewhat, and a further 22% 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?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 764)
Increased household running costs (e.g. energy, water, insurance, etc)
89%
87%
Food production, making it harder and more expensive to get food items
64%
60%
Challenges getting around (e.g. damage to roads, public transport)
57%
58%
Loss or damage to your home/property
48%
36%
Reduction in air quality
41%
33%
Essential infrastructure vulnerability (e.g. water, electricity, gas, sanitation)
38%
42%
My ability to leave my home due to weather (e.g. extreme heat, cold, rain, storms, wind, etc.)
37%
37%
Transport infrastructure vulnerability (e.g. roads, rail, public transport services)
30%
41%
Reduced value to your home/property
26%
13%
Reduced personal safety or health to myself and/or those around me
25%
18%
My ability to access nature due to weather (e.g. erosion of parks, coastal areas, etc.)
24%
28%
Challenges accessing essential services (e.g. emergency and health services)
23%
23%
Other
1%
3%
None of these
0%
1%
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North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 764)
Improve a lot
1%
1%
Improve somewhat
7%
4%
Will not change
16%
13%
Reduce somewhat
45%
54%
Reduce a lot
22%
23%
Don't know
9%
5%
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Concerns & ideas in North Villages

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
Inflation/Cost of Living
54%
58%
Housing/Price of Housing
41%
49%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
33%
24%
Transport
29%
37%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
25%
17%
The Economy
17%
16%
Population/Overpopulation
13%
26%
Healthcare/Hospitals
12%
18%
Education
12%
4%
Environmental Concerns
11%
16%
Law & order
10%
5%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
9%
5%
Poverty/Inequality
8%
9%
Unemployment
7%
5%
Taxation
6%
4%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
4%
2%
Immigration
3%
2%
Race Relations/Racism
3%
2%
Defence
1%
0%
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Custom questions in North Villages

'A healthy, respectful and productive community, learning and living in harmony, proud of our heritage and nurturing our environment.' How well does this capture your personal vision for your local area?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
Not at all well
12%
11%
Not very well
22%
19%
Somewhat well
52%
50%
Very well
14%
20%
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Which of the following services would you like to see Wingecarribee Shire Council advocating for to help us progress towards our Vision?
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
Transport infrastructure and services (e.g. trains, buses, stations, etc.)
52%
55%
Economic development services (e.g. supporting local businesses, attracting investment, etc.)
36%
36%
Health services (e.g. hospitals, doctors, specialists, etc.)
33%
41%
Emergency services (e.g. ambulance, fire, SES, etc.)
30%
22%
Public utilities (e.g. water, gas, electricity, phone/internet, waste disposal, etc.)
29%
27%
Social services (e.g. counselling, youth services, disability services, family and child services, etc.)
28%
28%
Education opportunities (e.g. schools, kindergartens, universities, adult education, etc.)
28%
22%
Law enforcement (e.g. police, courts, corrections)
24%
10%
Environment services (e.g. sewage, water management services, etc.)
17%
22%
Public housing
13%
21%
Cultural services (e.g. museums, galleries, libraries, etc.)
8%
15%
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Survey Source
North Villages (n = 143)
Wingecarribee Shire 2024 (n = 964)
Social Media Advertising
92%
83%
Council Channels
8%
17%
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