Commentary
The data on respondents' perceptions of their neighbourhood as a good place to live shows very little change over the ten years to 2009. In 2010 quarter 3, 56 per cent said it was a very good place to live, and a further 38 per cent agreed that it was a fairly good place to live.
The apparent quarter-to-quarter fluctuations in the figures may well be the result of sampling variability. Quarter-to-quarter changes should therefore be interpreted with caution.
Data
Rating of Neighbourhood as a Place to Live
| Year | Qtr | Very good | Fairly good | Fairly poor | Very poor | No opinion | All |
| | | | | | | |
| 1999 | Qtr 1 | 49.8 | 42.2 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 49.8 | 42.6 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 48.9 | 40.3 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 49.4 | 40.5 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 100 |
| 2000 | Qtr 1 | 50.6 | 41.0 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 51.9 | 40.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 52.9 | 39.4 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 50.3 | 40.6 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 100 |
| 2001 | Qtr 1 | 49.5 | 41.6 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 50.3 | 41.5 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 49.3 | 42.8 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 50.5 | 41.2 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 100 |
| 2002 | Qtr 1 | 48.6 | 43.1 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 48.8 | 42.5 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 52.4 | 39.5 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 49.5 | 42.1 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 100 |
| 2003 | Qtr 1 | 50.7 | 41.2 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 54.2 | 39.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 53.9 | 38.5 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 52.2 | 40.2 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 100 |
| 2004 | Qtr 1 | 50.4 | 41.1 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 50.6 | 41.4 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 49.4 | 42.0 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 51.1 | 40.8 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 100 |
| 2005 | Qtr 1 | 50.6 | 42.5 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 50.1 | 41.7 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 52.3 | 39.5 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 49.5 | 42.2 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 100 |
| 2006 | Qtr 1 | 51.0 | 41.3 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 48.7 | 42.3 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 53.4 | 39.5 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 51.2 | 40.5 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 100 |
| 2007 | Qtr 1 | 51.7 | 41.3 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 51.2 | 41.9 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 49.6 | 42.0 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 54.8 | 37.2 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 100 |
| 2008 | Qtr 1 | 50.5 | 41.4 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 54.5 | 38.4 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 54.7 | 38.4 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 52.1 | 39.8 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 100 |
| 2009 | Qtr 1 | 54.2 | 38.5 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 55.0 | 37.6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 55.2 | 38.8 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 100 |
| Qtr 4 | 54.9 | 39.6 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 100 |
| 2010 | Qtr 1 | 53.2 | 39.5 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 100 |
| Qtr 2 | 56.2 | 38.0 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 100 |
| Qtr 3 | 56.3 | 37.6 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 100
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Percent of Population