Urban area Walk score (out of 100) Classification Most walkable suburbs Adelaide 54 Somewhat walkable Adelaide, Glenelg and Stepney Albury–Wodonga 58 / 40a Somewhat walkable / car-dependent North Albury, South Albury, Glenroy, West Albury, East Albury / Wodonga, West Wodonga and Bandiana Ballarat 41 Car-dependent Ballarat Central, Lake Wendouree and Soldiers Hill Bendigo 39 Car-dependent Bendigo, Ironbark and Kennington Brisbane 51 Somewhat walkable Brisbane City, Fortitude Valley and Spring Hill Cairns 41 Car-dependent Cairns City, Parramatta Park and Manunda Canberra 40 Car-dependent City, Kingston and Barton Darwin 45 Car-dependent Darwin City, Wagaman and The Gardens Gold Coast –Tweed Heads 48 / 39a Car-dependent Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta / Tweed Heads, Kingscliff and Tweed Heads South Geelong 53 Somewhat walkable Geelong, Geelong West and South Geelong Hobart 44 Car-dependent Hobart, Battery Point and Glebe Launceston 43 Car-dependent Launceston, East Launceston and Invermay Mackay 36 Car-dependent Mackay, Mount Pleasant and West Mackay Melbourne 57 Somewhat walkable Carlton, Fitzroy and Fitzroy North Newcastle–Maitland 49 / 36a Car-dependent Newcastle, The Hill and Cooks Hill / Lorn, Maitland and South Maitland Perth 50 Somewhat walkable Northbridge, Perth and Highgate Sunshine Coast 44 Car-dependent Caloundra, Kings Beach and Moffat Beach Sydney 63 Somewhat walkable Haymarket, The Rocks and Sydney Toowoomba 46 Car-dependent Toowoomba City, East Toowoomba and South Toowoomba Townsville 40 Car-dependent Townsville City, Mysterton and Thuringowa Central Wollongong 48 Car-dependent Wollongong, Gwynneville and Fairy Meadow One score is for the first city listed, and the second score is for the second city. Source: Walk Score (2021) For more information, go toLivability Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Urban area Access to open space (percentage of dwellings within 400 metres, based on a walkable road network distance; ranking) Adelaide 47% (11) Albury–Wodonga 52% (8) Ballarat 58% (2) Bendigo 42% (14) Brisbane 56% (5) Cairns 43% (13) Canberra 72% (1) Darwin 50% (9) Gold Coast – Tweed Heads 57% (4) Geelong 44% (12) Hobart 40% (15) Launceston 37% (16) Mackay 55% (6) Melbourne 49% (10) Newcastle–Maitland 58% (3) Perth 57% (4) Sunshine Coast 53% (7) Sydney 50% (9) Toowoomba 42% (14) Townsville 43% (13) Wollongong 43% (13) Source: Adapted from AUO (2018) For more information, go toLivability Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
City Number of threatened species Brisbane 30 Central Coast 39 Gold Coast – Tweed Heads 39 Hobart 29 Melbourne 46 Newcastle–Maitland 33 Perth 35 Sydney 80 Sunshine Coast 26 Wollongong 29 Source: ACF (2020) For more information, go toLivability Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
State Hectares of habitat destroyed Percentage of total loss Qld 12,923 64 NSW and ACT 3,960 20 WA 1,789 9 Tas 673 3 Vic 372 2 SA 300 1 NT 195 1 ACT = Australian Capital Territory; NSW = New South Wales; NT = Northern Territory; Qld = Queensland; SA = South Australia; Tas = Tasmania; Vic = Victoria; WA = Western Australia Source: ACF (2020) For more information, go toLivability Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Major urban centrea 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 Change, 2016–17 to 2017–18 (%) Adelaide 183 186 206 171 195 14 Canberra 203 188 195 190 197 4 Darwin 407 409 405 361 368 2 Melbourneb 150 149 154 149 148 –1 Perth 254 244 240 223 219 –2 South East Queenslandb 164c 160 159 158 155 –2 Sydney 206 201 201 206 215 4 kL = kilolitre The figures exclude bulk utilities because they do not supply to customers. Melbourne and South East Queensland figures are the weighted averages for the respective retailers (i.e. W8/C2 – total connected residential properties: water supply). Redland City Council did not report against this indicator in 2013–14. Source: BOM (2019b) For more information, go toResource availability and security Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Year Average rainfall (mm) Total water use (GL, thousand) 2014–15 423 15 2015–16 467 14 2016–17 596 14 2017–18 441 15 2018–19 352 13 2019–20 347 11 GL = gigalitre; mm = millimetre Source: ABS (2021g) For more information, go toResource availability and security Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Major urban centre 2015–16a 2016–17a 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Change, 2018–19 to 2019–20 (%) Adelaide 28,481 21,564 26,564 30,533 23,803 –22 Canberra 4,053 4,404 77 60 75 25 Darwin 80 541 451 488 0 –100 Melbourneb 34,892 32,442 38,147 45,535 42,877 –6 Perth 10,212 9,568 12,100 9,817 20,681 111 South East Queenslandb 19,822 14,755 13,056 15,445 14,874 –4 Sydney 43,342 28,340 42,833 44,020 46,919 7 Data for 2016–17 and earlier are sourced from the 2016–17 published National Performance Report, as the definition of W26 changed from 2017–18. Melbourne and South East Queensland figures for W26 are the aggregated figures for the bulk utility and the retailers. Seqwater and Redland City Council did not report against this indicator in 2015–16. Source: BOM (2021b) For more information, go toResource availability and security Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Energy type 2018–19 Average growth Petajoules Share (%) 2018–19 (%) Over 10 years (%) Oil 2,402.1 38.8 1.3 1.7 Coal 1,801.6 29.1 –2.5 –2.3 Gas 1,592.7 25.7 2.2 2.7 Renewables 399.6 6.4 4.6 3.9 Total 6,196.0 100.0 0.6 0.7 Source: DISER (2020b) For more information, go toResource availability and security Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
City 1995 2030 RCP4.5 2090 RCP2.6 2090 RCP4.5 2090 RCP8.5 Adelaide 20.0 26.0 28.0 32.0 47.0 Alice Springs 94.0 113.0 119.0 133.0 168.0 Amberly 12.0 18.0 18.0 27.0 55.0 Broome 56.0 87.0 95.0 133.0 231.0 Cairns 3.0 5.5 5.5 11.0 48.0 Canberra 7.1 12.0 13.0 17.0 29.0 Darwin 11.0 43.0 52.0 111.0 265.0 Dubbo 22.0 31.0 34.0 44.0 65.0 Hobart 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.6 4.2 Melbourne 11.0 13.0 14.0 16.0 24.0 Mildura 33.0 42.0 44.0 52.0 73.0 Perth 28.0 36.0 37.0 43.0 63.0 St George 40.0 54.0 58.0 70.0 101.0 Sydney 3.0 4.3 4.5 6.0 11.0 Wilcannia 47.0 57.0 60.0 67.0 87.0 Note: The table shows 2030 under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5, and 2090 under RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, based on model changes for 2020–39 and 2080–99 relative to 1986–2005. Source: CSIRO & BOM (2015) For more information, go toClimate change Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Location 2030 2050 2070 2090 Albany 0.13–0.14 0.24–0.28 0.36–0.50 0.50–0.81 Bunbury 0.12–0.13 0.22–0.27 0.34–0.47 0.47–0.75 Darwin 0.12–0.13 0.21–0.26 0.32–0.45 0.43–0.71 Fremantle 0.12–0.13 0.22–0.28 0.34–0.47 0.47–0.76 Geraldton 0.12–0.13 0.22–0.27 0.35–0.48 0.49–0.78 Mackay 0.13–0.14 0.22–0.28 0.33–0.47 0.44–0.73 Newcastle 0.14–0.15 0.24–0.30 0.36–0.53 0.49–0.86 Port Adelaide 0.13–0.14 0.24–0.28 0.36–0.50 0.50–0.81 Port Hedland 0.12–0.13 0.21–0.26 0.32–0.44 0.43–0.70 Sydney 0.14–0.15 0.24–0.30 0.35–0.52 0.48–0.84 Townsville 0.13–0.14 0.23–0.28 0.33–0.47 0.44–0.74 Victor Harbor 0.12–0.13 0.21–0.25 0.32–0.44 0.43–0.69 Note: Covers all Representative Concentration Pathway emissions scenarios. Source: CSIRO & BOM (2015) For more information, go toClimate change Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link