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Every two years, Place Score facilitates Australia’s largest social research project – the Australian Liveability Census. We partner with local and state governments, the private sector and not-for-profit organisations to invite the Australian community to share what is most important to them and how their local neighbourhood is performing. Our objective is to understand liveability from the perspective of our nation’s diverse population and provide decision-makers with the evidence base to enhance the lives of local communities. Since 2019, more than 330,000 responses have been collected to build the country’s largest social research data set, with the results being utilised for decision-making, reporting, planning and communications.
Liveability is defined in the Australian curriculum as ‘an assessment of what it is like to live in a place’.
The Liveability Census asks communities to:
Together the results can help refine future engagement, identify community strengths and priorities and provide tracking and benchmarking metrics over time.
The main differences are in the timing, variations and the support. The Liveability Census provides a more affordable option than a Liveability survey.
Any organisation, from government agency to local community group is welcome to become a partner in the Australian Liveability Census.
Join via a paid partnerships, shared communications and reporting delivered by Place Score.
Share the invitation with their networks to support representation.
> Join us HERE
We would love your support to encourage youth participation.
> Request a Class Guide via [email protected]
There are 5 partnership levels for the 2027 Australian Liveability Census:
Check with the Partnership Manager if you would like to learn more about the benefits of each level via [email protected]
The 2027 Australian Liveability Census will open on Neighbour Day, Sunday 28th March 2027 and close at midnight on 30 June 2027.
After the Census closes on the 30th June, Place Score will need to review and clean 10s of 1,000s of records before we can commence the data analysis and reporting. Platform Partners will start receiving their results at the beginning of August 2027, with all other reports delivered by the end of September 2027.
We will be in contact to provide updates and, for those partners who have a presentation included, to book in those sessions.
If, for some reason, you need your results fast-tracked, please get in contact.
Partners in the Australian Liveability Census utilise their data for a range of projects, from strategic planning and reporting to engagement planning, grant applications and acquittals. A key benefit is being able to benchmark your community’s liveability against your region, state and the rest of the country.
> You can explore how our long-term partners are using their data to drive impact on our Case Studies page or get in touch to book a presentation.
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