Community suitability of Victoria, Australia
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 80
94
best land · p90
99%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 82
Governance, safety & tenure 82
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 84
Climate, growing & hazards 92
Autonomy & access 59
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityWater availability & qualityLegal entity & land framework
Within Victoria — 80 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Mitchell (S)
strongest Autonomy & access (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Legal entity & land framework
Highly suitable 88
Central Goldfields (S)
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 87
Colac-Otway (S)
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (98) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 87
Macedon Ranges (S)
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (99) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 87
Bass Coast (S)
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Legal entity & land framework
Highly suitable 86
Campaspe (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 86
Mount Alexander (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 86
Yarra Ranges (S)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 86
Baw Baw (S)
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 86
Murrindindi (S)
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Golden Plains (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 85
Loddon (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 85
Pyrenees (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 85
Corangamite (S)
pushes back: Legal entity & land framework
Highly suitable 84
Greater Bendigo (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 84
Moorabool (S)
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Strathbogie (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 84
Surf Coast (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 84
South Gippsland (S)
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Hepburn (S)
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Northern Grampians (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Latrobe (C)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 83
Ararat (RC)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Cardinia (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 82
Greater Shepparton (C)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 82
Warrnambool (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 82
Benalla (RC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 81
Gannawarra (S)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 80
Moira (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 80
Southern Grampians (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 80
Mansfield (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 80
Unincorporated Vic
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 79
Moyne (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
Horsham (RC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Indigo (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Wangaratta (RC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Buloke (S)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 77
Glenelg (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Wellington (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Mornington Peninsula (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Melton (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Nillumbik (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Yarriambiack (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Wodonga (RC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Greater Geelong (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 74
Swan Hill (RC)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 74
Ballarat (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
East Gippsland (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Whittlesea (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Queenscliffe (B)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 70
West Wimmera (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Towong (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Hindmarsh (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Hume (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Alpine (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Wyndham (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Mildura (RC)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Casey (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Manningham (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Frankston (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
Greater Dandenong (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 49
Maroondah (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Banyule (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Knox (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Whitehorse (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Boroondara (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Brimbank (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Darebin (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Monash (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Yarra (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 36
Kingston (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Maribyrnong (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Moonee Valley (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Moreland (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Bayside (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Glen Eira (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Hobsons Bay (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Melbourne (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Stonnington (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Port Phillip (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 33
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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