A Liveability Assessment of the Neigbourhoods of Manningham: The application of indicators as evidence to plan for a healthy and liveable community

In 2019, the Healthy Liveable Cities Group at RMIT University completed a Neighbourhood Liveability Assessment of all the neighbourhoods across the Manningham municipality. Over 280 neighbourhoods of approximately 400 people were assessed on important liveability indicators aligned to the social determinants of health. This can be simply understood as health being determined by where we are born, live, learn, work, play and age. The Liveability Assessment was funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services. It is recommended that Liveability Assessment results are shared across council departments to support integrated planning and with the broader Manningham community to assist with future community-engaged and evidence-informed planning practices in the future. This report provides a spatial analysis of 16 different indicators with 26 separate measures across neighbourhoods of the Manningham LGA.