The index looks at seven wellbeing indicators including wealth, employment, and work-life balance. Find out where your region ranks.
Sydney's northern beaches ranks as the highest in the nation for wellbeing, with only one Queensland city making it to the top 10, the annual index revealed today.
SGS principal Julian Szafraniec hoped the results would start a broader conversation on strategies to improve local communities. "What we see is that that industry has quite high pay, and often the men in the families have quite demanding jobs associated with that type of work." Brisbane ranked 17th, with life expectancy at 86-years-old — according to the data, 85 per cent of the population had one or less health conditions.Victoria, Tasmania, Western and South Australia were the highest performing regions in the environment indicator, which is measured by climate change risks and the number of protected areas.
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