Great living Down Under

Australian cities score well on liveability.

Half of the world’s top 10 cities come from lands Down Under. Melbourne comes in third, Sydney was seventh, and Perth and Adelaide are equal eighth.

Melbourne is just 2.5 percentage points short of perfection, according to the latest rankings by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Ranking 140 global cities on 30 criteria covering stability, healthcare, culture, environment, education and infrastructure, the think tank of The Economist magazine gives Melbourne a score of 97.5 out of a possible 100.

Winter Olympics host Vancouver remains No. 1 , scoring 98.0, despite its unfortunate lack of snow, while Vienna was ranked second with 97.9.

Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, was judged the most unliveable city in the survey, with a total score of just 37.5. Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, tied with Algiers as the second worst, followed by Port Moresby. – AAP