Adelaide the country's most liveable city
DateMarch 4, 2013 - 11:03AM

Australia's largest cities are some of its least liveable, according to their own residents.

In the Property Council of Australia's report released on Monday, Adelaide was awarded the best liveability score, with Canberra second and Hobart third.

Darwin scored the worst on overall liveability ranking, with Brisbane coming in 6th, Melbourne 7th, and Perth 9th of 11 cities.

Australia's largest city, Sydney, was ranked second last.

The report asked participants to rank the relative importance of a range of their city's attributes, including cleanliness, safety, and good healthcare and public transport, and then asked respondents whether their city exhibited those attributes.

Brisbane respondents thought their city was affordable, had a good climate and was clean and unpolluted, but the city performed poorly on employment and economic opportunities, cultural entertainment scene and look and design.

Melbourne fell three ranking points since 2011, but still scored highly on having a vibrant cultural entertainment scene, an attractive look and design and a diverse range of people who got along well.

Melburnians rated their city poorly on climate, traffic congestion and safety.

Sydneysiders thought their city was too expensive, polluted and congested, but rated it relatively well on employment opportunities, climate and cultural scene.

Canberrans think their city is clean and safe, but has less than desirable weather and with unaffordable housing.

Perth performed well on cleanliness, climate and employment opportunities, but poorly on cultural scene, affordability and affordable housing.



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lol Shitney second last near Darwin :lol:

-PB

:lol:

Boring as shit, but a good place to settle down.

:lol:

Boring as shit, but a good place to settle down.

Thats all of Oz.

Thats all of Oz.

Speak for yourself but I find NQ anything but boring.

-PB

Speak for yourself but I find NQ anything but boring.

-PB

Spent much time abroad?

Singapore and NZ.

Would love to go to a Western country like the US/England but from what I hear they're pretty bad now days.

-PB

Adelaide

:shock:

Speak for yourself but I find NQ anything but boring.

-PB

This. Even Innisfail gets fucking cyclones :lol:

Not surprised Melbourne is further down the list. It's an awesome place to live with lots to do- but the roads are balls, public transport is overwhelmed and everything is ridiculously expensive.

Sydney used to be markedly more expensive than Melbourne. Now that's not the case. And Public Transport is a fucking farce.

I love living in Melbourne but it is getting really fucking expensive. When i was going to/had come back from Sweden one question a lot of people asked was about how expensive it was over there because they'd heard it was ridiculous, a lot of them wouldn't believe that it was cheaper there than in Melbourne

I can't believe how expensive it's become to live in Melbourne over the last 10 or so years. Unless you live out in somewhere like Packenham or one of the buttfuck nowhere, 2 hour commute to work type places your cost of living is insane.

If Australian cities get this great of a rating it must be real bad overseas. :lol:

To live,

Love Adelaide, small but not too small.
Melbourne is pretty good but a bit big.
Sydney would be absolutely horrible to live in (for me). To big and shit traffic.
Newcastle is a fucking shithole.
Gosford and surrounding areas would be nice if you had retired
Brisbane is OK. Shit weather.
Haven't been to Perth, but sounds like a better version of Adelaide.

Serious question, where in Newcastle have you been?

Serious question, where in Newcastle have you been?

Around Humter Stadium and in the city centre, so yeah I was a bit harsh but still, didnt like it.

This. Even Innisfail gets fucking cyclones :lol:

Not surprised Melbourne is further down the list. It's an awesome place to live with lots to do- but the roads are balls, public transport is overwhelmed and everything is ridiculously expensive.

That's why, the city centre and surrounding areas of Hunter Stadium aren't glittering places (although normally a city centre is supposed to be good, I get that)...but the areas surrounding the numerous beaches here are just magic. My team did a pre-season training session around Bar Beach and King Edward Park and I was so jealous of the people who get to live so close to the beaches and get those sort of views from their windows.

I've never been to Adelaide but I'm sure it has some fantastic places and some shitty places too, just like most places.