Council has commissioned a survey of the community's views and experiences. It will explore community priorities, beliefs, experience of living in their local area, level of wellbeing, concerns, and ideas for improving their area.
Informed Decisions (.id) has been commissioned to run this survey online, named Yarra Ranges Community Views, in the Yarra Ranges from Monday, 22 September. It will ask questions about liveability attributes in different neighbourhoods.
Yarra Ranges Mayor, Jim Child, said the survey would inform Council's work in the community.
"It's critical that we hear from residents about how they experience living in their communities," Cr Child said.
"Things like, how safe you feel in your area, how affordable housing is for you, how much you can access the natural environment, how cost of living impacts you, and how you feel about your health and wellbeing, are all important for our service planning and for making sure we have a sense of how the community is feeling.
"The planning and project work that we do, captured in documents such as our Health and Wellbeing Plan, rely on knowing where the community is at, so we know what might need to be improved.
"Rest assured that community members will not be asked to provide sensitive information; they can go into the draw to win a voucher, but will never be asked for details like credit card numbers."
.id will be running the anonymous survey and aims to gather the views of more than 1,000 residents. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.
