While Melbourne and Sydney scored 100 in health, education, and infrastructure, Professor Cilliers said that was not the case in previous rankings during Covid. “In the ranking, there are five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.” Professor Jua Cilliers, Head of the School of Built Environment and Professor of Urban Planning, UTS “The major factor pushing the rankings up was the health rating.” It is a big improvement from the rankings when Covid first hit, with the University of Technology Sydney’s Head of the School of Built Environment and Professor of Urban Planning, Professor Jua Cilliers, telling The Property Tribune: The main driver for the improved scores included changes to the healthcare context. While Melbourne ranked behind Adelaide and Perth in 2021, the laneway capital of Australia has again risen to the most liveable city in Australia. The Austrian capital has held first place eight times out of the past ten six-monthly surveys. Near-perennial favourite, Vienna, retained the top spot, having lost the accolade in 2021 due to the pandemic. The report said this pertained to the belief that there was more corruption and more civil unrest in several cities amidst the cost-of-living crisis. Stability was the sole criterion to see a slight decline. The report found healthcare recorded the most improved scores, with other areas seeing smaller gains. It also marks the highest score in 15 years compared to the original comparable list of 140 cities. Covering 173 cities across the globe, except for Kyiv this year, the average index score has improved to 76.2 out of 100, up from 73.2 last year. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2023 Global Liveability Index has been released, with Melbourne taking third place, ahead of Sydney at fourth.Īs the world continues to settle post-Covid, the global index began to rise. Adelaide was ranked twelfth in the world.Perth was ranked equal twelfth, and saw the third largest jump in rankings.Healthcare was the main driver for Melbourne's return to third place.

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