Household vulnerability

Top ten: Household vulnerability
Category rank	Council	State	% living alone	% widowed, divorced or separated	% needing daily assistance	% with a mental health condition	Household vulnerability score /100	National rank on the index	Band
1	Glenorchy	TAS	35.6	46.0	22.7	11.0	95.54	11	Higher
2	Port Adelaide Enfield	SA	32.8	43.7	24.5	11.9	94.78	17	Higher
3	Port Pirie	SA	33.8	42.1	22.0	12.2	93.38	2	Higher
4	West Torrens	SA	34.2	42.8	24.9	10.2	92.6	22	Higher
5	Merri-bek	VIC	31.6	42.3	33.0	10.8	92.47	8	Higher
6	Newcastle	NSW	31.7	42.0	22.3	11.3	91.05	55	Higher
7	Darebin	VIC	31.4	41.4	30.3	10.3	90.13	18	Higher
8	Gawler	SA	31.3	41.1	22.3	11.9	90.11	4	Higher
9	Victoria Park	WA	43.2	47.8	22.0	9.0	88.41	124	Mid-range
10	Vincent	WA	36.1	42.2	22.9	9.2	88.09	113	Higher

Barriers to connection

Top ten: Barriers to connection
Category rank	Council	State	% with limited English	% of residents within 800 m of a stop	% providing unpaid care	Net Age Pension reliance per 100 residents 65+	Barriers to connection score /100	National rank on the index	Band
1	Adelaide Plains	SA	1.4	17.9	15.2	52.7	85.03	75	Higher
2	Lockyer Valley	QLD	0.6	20.2	14.3	54.8	79.33	46	Higher
3	Derwent Valley	TAS	0.2	1.1	14.5	58.7	78.4	7	Higher
4	Berri Barmera	SA	3.4	47.6	13.7	57.9	77.19	35	Higher
5	Murray Bridge	SA	0.7	73.3	15.3	57.6	75.8	10	Higher
6	Sorell	TAS	0.1	30.5	15.0	56.8	75.61	51	Higher
7	Somerset	QLD	0.2	20.2	14.3	54.0	74.93	50	Higher
8	Whittlesea	VIC	19.7	96.9	14.4	58.2	74.76	86	Higher
9	Melton	VIC	12.8	93.6	14.3	57.9	74.27	37	Higher
10	South Burnett	QLD	0.2	no published feed	14.7	58.9	74.09	77	Higher

Ranked by category score, most exposed first. The category score is a percentile composite out of 100 and does not read off the raw measures beside it: an area can lead the category while sitting mid-pack on one of them. Transport access is protective: a lower figure means more exposure. South Burnett has no published transport timetable, so that cell reads "no published feed" rather than zero.

Community participation

Top ten: Community participation
Category rank	Council	State	% who volunteered	Places to join vs similar councils /100	Community participation score /100	National rank on the index	Band
1	Liverpool	NSW	6.3	7.8	95.8	88	Higher
2	Fairfield	NSW	4.9	8.6	95.8	97	Higher
3	Playford	SA	11.4	4.5	94.94	1	Higher
4	Kalgoorlie-Boulder	WA	12.3	3.1	94.46	119	Mid-range
5	Central Coast (NSW)	NSW	14.2	0.8	92.8	40	Higher
6	Bayside (NSW)	NSW	7.4	14.1	92.15	99	Higher
7	Manningham	VIC	13.9	2.5	92.15	207	Mid-range
8	Campbelltown (NSW)	NSW	9.5	12.5	92.1	44	Higher
9	Wollongong	NSW	14.3	3.9	90.76	27	Higher
10	The Hills Shire	NSW	14.0	5.5	90.64	394	Lower

Ranked by category score, most exposed first. The category score is a percentile composite out of 100 and does not read off the raw measures beside it: an area can lead the category while sitting mid-pack on one of them. Both measures are protective: a lower figure means more exposure. Places to join is the one measure here that is not a count. It scores each council against councils of a similar size in its own state, so a low number means worse supplied than most of them; a count of venues per head would simply rank councils by how empty they are.