Hornsby is the fifth best place to live in Australia, apparently.

At least, according to a study SGS Economics and Planning:

"Sydney’s Northern beaches ranks as the highest in the nation for wellbeing, with only one Queensland city making it to the top 10, the annual index revealed today.

“The Australian Capital Territory came in second due to its low gender wage gaps, climate change risks and the division of wealth.”

The study assessed 518 local council areas on seven indicators:

* economy
* income and wealth
* employment, knowledge and skills
* housing
* health
* equality, community and work-life balance
* environment

The top 10 local government areas are:

  1. Northern Beaches (Greater Sydney)

  2. Australian Capital Territory

  3. North Sydney (Greater Sydney)

  4. Ku-ring-gai (Greater Sydney)

  5. Hornsby (Greater Sydney)

  6. Lane Cove (Greater Sydney)

  7. Mosman (Greater Sydney)

  8. Sutherland (Greater Sydney)

  9. Sydney (Greater Sydney)

  10. Brisbane (Greater Brisbane)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/sgs-cities-regions-wellbeing-index-wage-gaps-environment-health/103815302

#sydney @sydney #livability #nsw #planning #UrbanPlanning

  • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
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    6 months ago

    @naevaTheRat There are many upsides to Hornsby.

    The Westfield has most major chains you’d want, including a David Jones and a cinema.

    There are some good local restaurants.

    For a satellite city/outer suburb/exburb, the area around the Hornsby CBD is surprisingly dense. Three-storey blocks of flats and apartment buildings, for the most part.

    Very multicultural these days.

    Walking distance to national parks.

    Multiple train lines to most of northern Sydney, as well as the Central Coast, Newcastle, and beyond.

    You can comfortably live without a car there.

    I’ve had the misfortune of visiting the local hospital. It’s clean and modern.

    Good public and private schools.

    It’s close to the Macquarie Park business precinct, as well as the university.

    It’s reasonably affordable (at least by Sydney standards).

    But.

    There’s little in the way of live music. Or arts and culture.

    It’s a long way from many of the places you’d want to visit in Sydney.

    No local beaches.

    While there are good restaurants there, it doesn’t hold a candle to somewhere like Newtown, or Surry Hills, or Church Street in Parramatta.

    So it’s a good place.

    But it’s a long, long way off top five place in all of Australia.