Community suitability of South Australia, Australia
Currently not suitable confidence B · live score 37
80
best land · p90
85%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 82
Governance, safety & tenure 82
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 73
Climate, growing & hazards 66
Autonomy & access 1
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityFood & forage diversityWater availability & quality
Within South Australia — 71 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Victor Harbor (C)
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (96) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Legal entity & land framework
Highly suitable 86
Alexandrina (DC)
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 85
Yankalilla (DC)
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (96) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Legal entity & land framework
Highly suitable 84
Murray Bridge (RC)
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Land & water (77)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Clare and Gilbert Valleys (DC)
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Highly suitable 82
Mount Barker (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 82
Barossa (DC)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 81
Light (RegC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 81
Mallala (DC)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 81
Copper Coast (DC)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 80
Wakefield (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 80
Mid Murray (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 79
Northern Areas (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 78
Yorke Peninsula (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
The Coorong (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Barunga West (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 76
Berri and Barmera (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 76
Port Pirie City and Dists (M)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 76
Goyder (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 75
Karoonda East Murray (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 75
Adelaide Hills (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 74
Kangaroo Island (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 74
Loxton Waikerie (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 74
Renmark Paringa (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 74
Mount Remarkable (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Grant (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Kingston (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Southern Mallee (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Tatiara (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Peterborough (DC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 69
Playford (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Robe (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Wattle Range (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Mount Gambier (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Onkaparinga (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Orroroo/Carrieton (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Port Augusta (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Whyalla (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Flinders Ranges (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Gawler (T)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Cleve (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 61
Franklin Harbour (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 61
Kimba (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 61
Tumby Bay (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 61
Wudinna (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
Elliston (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Roxby Downs (M)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Port Lincoln (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Salisbury (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Streaky Bay (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 56
Ceduna (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Mitcham (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 51
Tea Tree Gully (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
Coober Pedy (DC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 48
Burnside (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Maralinga Tjarutja (AC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Adelaide (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Campbelltown (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Marion (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Unincorporated SA
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Norwood Payneham St Peters (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Prospect (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Unley (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Walkerville (M)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Charles Sturt (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Port Adelaide Enfield (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
West Torrens (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Holdfast Bay (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 32
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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