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Time Out
3 days ago
- Time Out
Melbourne is the fifth best city in the world for green space and access to nature
Hot on the heels of news that the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne has been named among the world's top ten gardens, comes the big reveal that Melbourne has been ranked the fifth greenest city in a global list compiled by Time Out. Excuse us while we adjust our (flower) crown. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's had the pleasure of strolling through our city's many lush parks and gardens. From the grand beauty of the Royal Botanic Gardens to the peaceful tranquility of Fitzroy Gardens – and let's not forget the city's biggest bushland reserve, Yarra Bend Park – we Melburnians really are spoiled when it comes to easy access to nature. And have you even done Melbourne right if you haven't had a picnic and cheeky bev with mates in Eddy Gardens? That's right – so much of our socialising takes place in the city's green spaces. To determine the rankings, Time Out quizzed 18,500 locals across the planet about their green spaces and the access they have to nature. The 20 that made the list had the highest share of 'good' or 'amazing' ratings. Melbourne really did knock it out of the park, receiving an 86 per cent positive rating that saw it share fifth spot with Austin and Edinburgh. Dubbed the 'city of eternal spring', Medellín in Colombia ranks as the top city for green thumbs and nature lovers, where a whopping 92 per cent of locals positively rated its green spaces and access to nature. Boston claims second place with 88 per cent 'good' or 'amazing' ratings, while Sydney shares third place with London, both scoring 87 per cent. The only other Aussie city to (just) crack the top 20 was Brisbane, with 76 per cent of locals giving its nature spaces a big (green) thumbs-up. You can check out the full rankings below or study the results here. Here are the 20 greenest cities in the world according to locals: 1. Medellín, Colombia 2. Boston, US 3. Sydney, Australia = London, UK 5. Austin, US = Edinburgh, UK = Melbourne, Australia 8. Denver, US 9. Abu Dhabi, UAE = Cape Town, South Africa = Chicago, US 12. San Francisco, US = Stockholm, Sweden 14. Montreal, Canada = Munich, Germany 16. Mumbai, India 17. Beijing, China 18. Zurich, Switzerland = Ottawa, Canada 20. Brisbane, Australia Stay in the loop: sign up for our free Time Out Melbourne newsletter for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.
Sky News AU
5 days ago
- Business
- Sky News AU
Geelong tops Australia's regional migration rankings, overtaking the Sunshine Coast after two years at number one
Regional Queensland has fallen on Australia's migration ladder, while regional Victoria is gaining momentum as people from Australia's biggest capitals ditch city life. According to the latest Regional Movers Index (RMI) released by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI), Geelong accounted for 9.3 per cent of total net internal migration in the 12 months to March 2025. The Cat's home turf has knocked the Sunshine Coast off the top of the leaderboard again, with the Queensland city accounting for 8.9 per cent of internal migration. Migrating Sydneysiders and Melburnians continue to be the main drivers of the population shift. In the March quarter, 64 per cent of people leaving capital cities for the regions were from Sydney, with Melburnians making up 38 per cent of the shift. Net migration to regional Australia remains 40 per cent higher than pre-COVID levels. Lake Macquarie in NSW and Moorabool in Regional Victoria came in third and fourth on the list, respectively, both areas gaining much of their population from capital citiies. However, Maitland, which came in fifth, is seeing a boom due to both capital city residents as well as people relocating from other regional areas. RAI CEO Liz Ritchie said the figures show Australians have a willingness to embrace regional living. 'The nation's love affair with regional life is showing no signs of abating with 25 per cent more people moving from capital cities to the regions, than back in the opposite direction," Ms Ritchie said. "Further, net migration to regional Australia is now sitting 40 per cent higher than the prevailing level in the pre-pandemic era." 'Regional Australia is being reimagined. The regions' enviable lifestyle offerings, buoyant jobs market, position as an economic leader and diverse communities are proving to be an ongoing lure, particularly for those in metropolitan areas. Ms Ritchie said contemporary regional Australia "has what people are looking for", suggesting negative "misconceptions" abour regional areas were a thing of the past.
Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Who's the breadwinner? In Perth, it's probably your house
Perth is the only place in Australia where houses earned more than people, with average prices surging by $95,022 over the past year – climbing from $812,482 to $907,504. Ray White Group senior data analyst Atom Go Tian said Perth residents seemed to have the best of both worlds. 'Not only do they earn the second-highest annual income across the country, but their houses made the biggest gains in the last 12 months,' he said. 'Even Canberra with annual incomes of $93,351 couldn't match what Perth houses made.' Tian said in Adelaide it was neck and neck with both annual personal income and house price growth sitting at just over $63,000. Brisbane homeowners were just keeping their noses in front, earning roughly $2000 more than their houses appreciated. 'However, the gap widens from here with Melbourne and Canberra having the greatest disparity between personal income and house price growth,' he said. 'Melburnians made 5.5 times more than their properties, while Canberrans pulled in five times what their houses did.' At a suburb level Perth dominated the list of suburbs where houses earn more than people. Carabooda-Pinjar, which has a median house price of $1.58 million, recorded the largest difference between annual house price gain and income with a net positive increase of $95,272. It was closely followed by Nedlands-Dalkeith-Crawley ($93,000), City Beach ($80,514) and Claremont ($63,293). 'Even among Perth's strongest performers, house prices remain relatively accessible compared to Sydney and Melbourne,' Tian said.
The Age
6 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Who's the breadwinner? In Perth, it's probably your house
Perth is the only place in Australia where houses earned more than people, with average prices surging by $95,022 over the past year – climbing from $812,482 to $907,504. Ray White Group senior data analyst Atom Go Tian said Perth residents seemed to have the best of both worlds. 'Not only do they earn the second-highest annual income across the country, but their houses made the biggest gains in the last 12 months,' he said. 'Even Canberra with annual incomes of $93,351 couldn't match what Perth houses made.' Tian said in Adelaide it was neck and neck with both annual personal income and house price growth sitting at just over $63,000. Brisbane homeowners were just keeping their noses in front, earning roughly $2000 more than their houses appreciated. 'However, the gap widens from here with Melbourne and Canberra having the greatest disparity between personal income and house price growth,' he said. 'Melburnians made 5.5 times more than their properties, while Canberrans pulled in five times what their houses did.' At a suburb level Perth dominated the list of suburbs where houses earn more than people. Carabooda-Pinjar, which has a median house price of $1.58 million, recorded the largest difference between annual house price gain and income with a net positive increase of $95,272. It was closely followed by Nedlands-Dalkeith-Crawley ($93,000), City Beach ($80,514) and Claremont ($63,293). 'Even among Perth's strongest performers, house prices remain relatively accessible compared to Sydney and Melbourne,' Tian said.
The Age
6 days ago
- Lifestyle
- The Age
Life in the 'Burbs interactive map of Melbourne
Opinion pieces from local writers exploring their suburb's cliches and realities and how it has changed in the past 20 years. See all 53 stories. How many stories are there to be told about Melbourne? To adapt an old line, there are at least 5 million of them in this city, one for each of us. In The Age' s hit series, Life in the 'Burbs, we invite ordinary Melburnians to share their story of what it's really like where they live, and they have embraced the opportunity. Whether they are a professional writer, a food truck owner, an accountant, a schoolteacher, a speech pathologist, a singer-songwriter, a nurse, an interior designer, a horticulturalist, an organist or a game designer, in this series everyone has the opportunity to celebrate and affectionately poke fun at the streets that surround their homes. This week, we proudly celebrate the 100th instalment of Life in the 'Burbs with a new interactive feature for readers to easily search our story archive. Take a look at the map below to see which of Melbourne's hundreds of suburbs have so far been featured, and type your suburb's name into the search bar to find the story. How it all began In February 2023, we published an impassioned opinion piece by writer Lyndall Thomas in defence of her home suburb of Frankston. The beachside neighbourhood was, she wrote, much more than a place full of bogans driving Monaros. Thomas' affectionate and mocking defence of her community instantly struck a chord. Loading The good-natured rivalry between Melbourne's suburbs has been a distinctive feature of the city almost since its inception – name a well-known suburb and most Melburnians can instantly reel off a reputational cliche or two. As Thomas wrote, a defining feature of this city is 'that it matters where you live. I've known Melburnians who care whether people live on the wrong side of the river, the wrong side of the highway and even the wrong side of a creek.' We asked 10 more Melburnians to write about their suburb, whether the cliches about it are true and how life has changed there in the past 20 years. We titled the limited series 'Life in the 'Burbs'.
