These new indicators are designed to support communities as they respond to COVID-19, enabling a more granular analysis of community access to Public Open Space, Social Infrastructure and Walkability, as well as a deeper understanding of the pressures on Housing affordability.
The new indicators are:
Social Infrastructure
- Average distance to closest playground
Walkability
- Average street connectivity per square kilometre
- Average number of daily living destinations present (0-3) within 1600m
Public Open Space
- Average distance to closest public open space
- % of dwellings within 400 m or less of a local park (> 0.4 to. <= 1 ha)
- % of dwellings within 800 m of less of a neighbourhood park (>1 ha to <= 5 ha)
- % of dwellings within 400 m of less of a neighbourhood park (> 0.5 ha)
- Average distance to closest public open space with a nearby public toilet (within 100 m)
Housing
- % of dwellings that are government owned or community housing
- % of rental households in the bottom 40% of incomes spending more than 30% of income on housing costs
- % of mortgaged households in the bottom 40% of incomes spending more than 30% of income on housing costs
- % of rental or mortgaged households in the bottom 40% of incomes spending more than 30% of income on housing costs
- % of households spending more than 30% of household income on housing costs
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