Sustainable Cities Index - Australian Conservation Foundation

2010
(03)
Sustainable
Cities Index
Townsville City Fact Sheet
13th largest Australian city - 4th 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 10/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average particulate matter (equal to or less than 10 micrometers) of 20.35 ug/m 3
Ecological Footprint 14/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average impact from consumption of 6.55 hectares/person/year
Green Building 1 17/20 llllllllllllllllllll
0 Green Star certified projects as of February 2010 relative to population
Water 18/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average annual residential water supplied of 397kL/property, with mean annual
rainfall of 1141.8mm
Biodiversity 1 1/20 llllllllllllllllllll
High habitat connectivity, second 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 2/20 llllllllllllllllllll
4.142 per cent of the population is registered with type 2 diabetes
Density 18/20 llllllllllllllllllll
1,046 residents per square kilometre
Subjective Wellbeing 5/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Mean score of 75.72 (standard deviation: 11.7) under the September 2009
Australian Unity Well Being Index (Australian Centre on Quality of Life, Deakin
University)
Transport 3/20 llllllllllllllllllll
477.00 private passenger vehicles per 1000 people
Employment 4/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average unemployment rate for the past year of 3.164 per cent
Resilience
Climate Change 6/20 llllllllllllllllllll
Average milestone of 6.00 under ICLEI CCP Five Milestone Process, with
reduction target ‘pending’
Public Participation 12/20 llllllllllllllllllll
14.22 per cent of residents volunteer in some capacity
Education 7/20 llllllllllllllllllll
43.87 per cent of people aged over 20 have completed year 12 or equivalent
Household Repayments 3/20 llllllllllllllllllll
25.54 per cent of household income spent on loan repayments
Food Production 1 9/20 llllllllllllllllllll
0 farmers markets and 3 community gardens 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
Tourism Queensland
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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