Sustainable Cities Index - Australian Conservation Foundation

2010
(03)
Sustainable
Cities Index
HOBART City Fact Sheet
11th largest Australian city - 6th on 2010 Sustainable Cities Index
Cities are ranked from 1 (most sustainable) to 20 (least sustainable)
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www.acfonline.org.au/citiesindex
Environmental Performance
Air Quality 2/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average particulate matter (equal to or less than 10 micrometers) of 14.10 ug/m 3
Ecological Footprint 2/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average impact from consumption of 5.50 hectares/person/year
Green Building 1 16/20 llllllllllllllllllll
1 Green Star certified project as of February 2010 relative to population
Water 17/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average annual residential water supplied of 210kL/property (average of
remaining cities as data not provided), with mean annual rainfall of 616.4mm
Biodiversity 1 6/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Some habitat connectivity, third highest level of landscape stress, 10-30 per cent of
land set aside for conservation purposes and 30-50 per cent of ecosystems at risk
Quality of Life
Health 1 8/20 llllllllllllllllllll
4.757 per cent of the population is registered with type 2 diabetes
Density 5/20 llllllllllllllllllll
1,673 residents per square kilometre
Subjective Wellbeing 11/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Mean score of 75.38 (standard deviation: 11.82) under the September 2009
Australian Unity Well Being Index (Australian Centre on Quality of Life, Deakin
University)
Transport 17/20 llllllllllllllllllll
597.67 private passenger vehicles per 1000 people
Employment 9/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average unemployment rate for the past year of 4.040 per cent
Resilience
Climate Change 14/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average milestone of 4.33 under ICLEI CCP Five Milestone Process, with average
55.67 per cent reduction target from 1999 levels by 2012
Public Participation 5/20 llllllllllllllllllll
16.08 per cent of residents volunteer in some capacity
Education 10/20 llllllllllllllllllll
42.70 per cent of people aged over 20 have completed year 12 or equivalent
Household Repayments 4/20 llllllllllllllllllll
26.13 per cent of household income spent on loan repayments
Food Production 1 13/20 llllllllllllllllllll
0 farmers markets and 1 community garden listed relative to population
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Lowest score obtained due to identical performance from multiple cities: Green Building: 17,
Biodiversity: 15, Health: 19 and Food Production: 19
Richard Eastwood – Tourism Tasmania
What is the Sustainable Cities Index?
The 2010 ACF Sustainable Cities Index
provides a snapshot of comparative
performance in each of Australia’s
20 largest cities, with the aim of
encouraging healthy competition,
stimulating discussion and suggesting
new ways of thinking about our cities.
A rigorous compilation, assessment
and independent review process
over several months established 15
indicators across three broad ’baskets’:
environmental performance, quality of
life and resilience.
Cities are ranked 1 to 20 in order of
performance, with the lowest overall
score determining which city is
comparatively more sustainable.
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