Place & Liveability: Living in Cities

Read through this website to learn more about some of the things that make living in Melbourne so great.

Learn about how City of Melbourne performs on a range of health, wellbeing, participation and connection indicators with this website. It includes data visualisation of liveability factors such as heath, recreation and the economy.

The economic, social, environmental and health co-benefits of urban liveability are now recognised by all levels of government in Australia and globally. Liveable communities are safe, socially cohesive and inclusive, and environmentally sustainable. They have affordable housing linked via public transport, walking and cycling infrastructure, to employment; education; shops and services; public open space; and social, cultural and recreational opportunities. Read through this report to see how Melbourne ranks in these liveability factors.

The liveability index ranks cities across five critical categories: stability — which includes elements like threats of civil unrest and terror — health care, education, infrastructure — like the quality of water and energy provision — and culture and environment, which details levels of censorship and corruption. Read through this article to see the winners and why they made the top 10. The article also talks about some of the low ranked cities, and what makes their liveability score so low.

This article talks about some of the disadvantages of living in cities, namely the loss of natural spaces and how that affects us.

This website looks at push factors (things that make people want to leave rural areas) and pull factors (things that attract people to cities). This gives us a good idea of some of the advantages of living in cities.

Living Liveable is a short documentary film produced by RMIT University researchers showcasing the lived experiences of residents in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. The film includes interviews with 11 residents that highlight their perceptions and experiences of liveability in their suburbs. This article explores their reasons for living where they do and recounts their experiences of life in the outer suburbs.