[size=6]Melbourne named world's most liveable city for the fourth year running, beating Adelaide, Sydney and Perth[/size]
Tue 19 Aug 2014, 1:58pm


Melbourne has been named the world's most liveable city for the fourth year in a row, by the Economist Intelligence Unit's liveability survey of 140 cities.

The survey rated cities out of 100 in the areas of healthcare, education, stability, culture and environment and infrastructure.

Melbourne received an overall score of 97.5 out of 100, scoring a perfect rating for healthcare, education and infrastructure.

Adelaide, Sydney and Perth also made it to the top 10 of the list, with ratings of 96.6, 96.1 and 95.9 respectively.


Most liveable cities:

Melbourne, Australia 97.5
Vienna, Austria 97.4
Vancouver, Canada 97.3
Toronto, Canada 97.2
Adelaide, Australia 96.6
Calgary, Canada 96.6
Sydney, Australia 96.1
Helsinki, Finland 96.0
Perth, Australia 95.9
Auckland, New Zealand 95.7


Victorian Premier Denis Napthine said he was delighted with Melbourne's results.

"It's terrific to know that we scored the perfect score in healthcare, education, infrastructure and sport," Dr Napthine said.

"This is a real vindication of what we're doing in Melbourne and Victoria to make this state the best state in the world."

Australia's largest city, Sydney, achieved a perfect score in most areas, but was let down in the category of stability (90) and culture and environment (90.4).

Around the world, Melbourne narrowly beat Vienna, in Austria, which scored 97.4 per cent, and Vancouver in Canada, which rated 97.3 for the top spot.

Melbourne attracting more overseas visitors: Premier

Dr Napthine said Melbourne has been attracting more visitors from overseas.

"The figures from Melbourne Airport show a 15 per cent increase year-on-year in international visitation, our tourism is going through the roof, our attraction of major conferences is exceeding all expectations."

Dr Napthine said musicals, art exhibitions and sports events add to the quality of life in Melbourne.

"All of those things make our life richer and stronger in Melbourne and Victoria, and that's why we win these awards," he said.

A rating between 80 and 100 was given where a city had "few, if any, challenges to living standards", according to the report.

The report noted that Melbourne's low murder rate had contributed to the city's liveability.

"Although crime rates are perceived as rising in Australia, especially given the highly-publicised occurrences of 'king hit' attacks being reported, Victoria, where Melbourne is located, had a murder rate of just 3.1 per 100,000 population in 2012/13," the report said.

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said the gong was a great accolade for the city.

"I would say this year, the focus we've had is around safety, around sustainability, and around smart growth, particularly infrastructure," Councillor Doyle said.

"But obviously, the high scores in healthcare and education and particularly pleasing as well."

Damascus in Syria was the lowest scoring city in the survey, with an overall score of 30.5.

Also at the bottom end of the table was Dhaka in Bangladesh with 38.7 and Port Moresby, in Papua New Guinea and Lagos in Nigeria, both scoring 38.9.

Adelaide in top 5 list irrelevant.

Inb4 "We da best" - oh wait

Melbourne - The joint’s cold, the people snobbish and unfriendly. Good food yes, but No 1?

Vancouver or Vienna all the way.

Melbourne - The joint’s cold, the people snobbish and unfriendly. Good food yes, but No 1?

Vancouver or Vienna all the way.

We da best

Wedabest

Criticises Melbourne for being "cold," recommends Vienna and Vancouver :lol: :lol: :lol:

Probably an AFL conspiracy.

Proven in court last week mate that the AFL tried to exert pressure.

Oh and several people have contacted me behind the scenes too after I found that stuff the other week, you may not like it, but others did, so stiff shit to your opinions.

the women there are the snobbiest in the country, I don’t know how the locals tolerate them and their shitty attitude towards men there.

I have never heard anyone praise public transport in Melbourne. It seems to be reviled. Did they ask the transit authority all the infrastructure questions?

Other than that, I v always enjoyed my brief visits.

Breaking news: Authorities are reporting widespread head-up-arse syndrome in Melbourne

Adelaide in top 5 list irrelevant.

Breaking news: Authorities are reporting widespread head-up-arse syndrome in Melbourne

I used to catch the Metro Trains (Domestic Train Service) and now catch the Vline trains (Regional Train Service) as we have moved and there is a big difference between the two.

In my experience, the Metro trains are overcrowded and delayed a fair bit. I am yet to experience anything negative with the Vline trains.

Most liveable my ass . Our infrastructure is woeful and all that the government is doing is more roads .

I have . Both respective governments only say more roads . But forget they're the ones who approve new estates but forget about public transport, phone lines . Etc etc . We're I live we have more houses being built but we still have one road to get to the city and if you have to work In city it's either drive and be stuck In traffic for an hour or take Unreliable public transport .