Melbourne’s “latte lines” have been mapped showing suburban access to jobs, education and services differing by a factor of 10 in some places. planning inequality
A new way of mapping inequality reveals the extent of the divide between the haves and have-nots in Melbourne, with access to jobs, education and services unevenly spread by a factor of 10 in some places.
Shopping options for the top 20 per cent of suburbs in Melbourne are roughly three times greater than for those in the least advantaged areas. “Since then, the dial has not moved much, so we wanted to bring some robust metrics to focus on this issue. The way we measure things matters because often we look to solve issues to a single measure like GDP or a cost-benefit ratio and that doesn’t tell us anything about how it washes through society.”Dr Liz Allen says: “We live where we can afford, balanced against our lifestyle desires, so it’s not surprising that we see disadvantage or advantage cluster.
Many politicians and policymakers tend to be “lucky Australians”, without lived experience of disadvantage, Dr Allen said.
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