Adelaide named most livable Australian city

Australia, 25th January: Adelaide has been named as the most livable Australian city by a recent survey undertaken by the Property Council of Australia.

The survey has rated Sydney as the worst Australian city despite boasting of numerous charms including exotic beaches and a beautiful harbor called the Opera House. Darwin has been rated as the second worst Australian city to live in.

While Adelaide, with a population of 1.26 million, happens to be top rated city in the list of eight Australian cities, it is followed by Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Hobart, Brisbane and Darwin in the list of most livable cities of Australia.

More than 4,000 survey respondents ranked Australian cities on the basis of 17 vital attributes including natural environment, traffic congestion, public transport, health care services, affordable housing and school facilities.

Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, got an overall livability number of around 63 percent while Canberra received a marginally lower ranking emerging at the second place.

Founded in the year 1836 and designed by Colonel William Light, Australia’s first surveyor-general, Adelaide happens to be a planned city. The city has five squares and is surrounded by a ring of numerous parks.

Known to be the fifth most popular city of Australia, Adelaide was named after the name of Queen Adelaide. Around 54 percent of survey respondents rated the government of South Australia as the best performing and rated it as excellent, fair or good.

The government of Northern Territory received a lowest rating of 36 percent. Peter Verwer, CEO of Property Council, stated that the major survey involving the helps in providing a barometer of how different cities are performing based on the various factors.

Verwer added that Australian know quite well what factors make a city best suited for living. Verwer said that these results are likely to shock the governments to come into action at the earliest.

The survey revealed that nearly 69 percent are in favor of the Federal Government assuming a greater role in planning as well as investments in the cities of Australia. And around 71 percent wanted proposals for managing population.