Council Rankings

All 207 composite-scored councils across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, listed by composite performance score. The rank shown is each council's rank within its own state, and councils on the same score share a rank (shown with "="). Scores average indicator percentiles calculated within peer groups so metro, regional and rural councils are judged like-for-like. Higher is better, but a score is not the percentage of councils beaten.

Rank	Council	State	Peer group	Composite	Sustainability	Community services	Lifestyle & amenity	Core operations
=1	Bland	NSW	regional	74/100	80	69	59	87
=1	Sydney	NSW	metro	74/100	67	86	61	81
=1	Waverley	NSW	metro	74/100	66	93	67	72
1	Bayside City	VIC	metro	73/100	86	85	64	54
4	Northern Beaches	NSW	metro	71/100	53	74	86	71
=5	Gwydir	NSW	regional	70/100	45	77	72	87
=5	Lane Cove	NSW	metro	70/100	74	69	79	57
=5	Woollahra	NSW	metro	70/100	51	93	78	59
2	Wellington Shire	VIC	regional	68/100	69	46	82	76
3	Monash City	VIC	metro	67/100	79	52	64	72
4	Borough of Queenscliffe	VIC	rural	66/100	70	59	69	68
=8	Moree Plains	NSW	regional	66/100	47	69	70	78
=8	Mosman	NSW	metro	66/100	67	62	67	69
=8	Murray River	NSW	regional	66/100	41	73	71	79
=11	Kyogle	NSW	regional	65/100	62	63	44	90
=11	Temora	NSW	regional	65/100	72	65	38	85
=5	Banyule City	VIC	metro	64/100	57	66	78	55
=5	Manningham City	VIC	metro	64/100	78	69	45	64
=13	Central Darling	NSW	rural	64/100	39	61	80	77
=13	Uralla	NSW	regional	64/100	49	65	65	77
7	Port Phillip City	VIC	metro	63/100	68	72	63	48
=15	Brewarrina	NSW	rural	63/100	39	53	75	87
=15	Narrandera	NSW	regional	63/100	66	59	52	75
=15	Port Macquarie-Hastings	NSW	regional	63/100	58	64	75	53
=15	Snowy Monaro Regional	NSW	regional	63/100	41	76	69	67
=8	Warrnambool City	VIC	regional	62/100	54	75	70	47
=8	Wodonga City	VIC	regional	62/100	58	61	73	56
=19	Carrathool	NSW	rural	62/100	70	79	45	53
=19	Greater Hume	NSW	regional	62/100	55	50	51	90
=19	Lachlan	NSW	regional	62/100	50	67	53	66
10	Corangamite Shire	VIC	regional	61/100	60	45	75	62
=22	Berrigan	NSW	regional	61/100	63	38	72	71
=22	Bogan	NSW	rural	61/100	61	76	61	47
=22	Cobar	NSW	regional	61/100	32	81	38	93
=22	Gunnedah	NSW	regional	61/100	70	47	83	45
=22	Inner West	NSW	metro	61/100	48	58	87	50
=22	Warrumbungle	NSW	regional	61/100	53	71	44	76
=11	Boroondara City	VIC	metro	60/100	60	80	53	49
=11	West Wimmera Shire	VIC	rural	60/100	42	58	66	74
=11	Whitehorse City	VIC	metro	60/100	65	57	55	61
28	Inverell	NSW	regional	60/100	84	45	37	73
=14	Ararat Rural City	VIC	rural	59/100	54	56	69	58
=14	Campaspe Shire	VIC	regional	59/100	69	45	75	47
=14	Hindmarsh Shire	VIC	rural	59/100	65	49	69	53
=14	Nillumbik Shire	VIC	metro	59/100	35	78	63	61
=14	Swan Hill Rural City	VIC	regional	59/100	75	52	55	52
=29	Bega Valley	NSW	regional	59/100	64	77	50	42
=29	Bourke	NSW	rural	59/100	36	69	71	60
=29	Narromine	NSW	regional	59/100	40	66	57	74
=29	Parkes	NSW	regional	59/100	62	50	44	82
19	Gannawarra Shire	VIC	rural	58/100	64	54	58	56
=33	Junee	NSW	regional	58/100	46	46	66	76
=33	Leeton	NSW	regional	58/100	49	62	57	63
=33	Narrabri	NSW	regional	58/100	53	61	53	67
=33	Walgett	NSW	regional	58/100	45	68	46	74
=20	Loddon Shire	VIC	rural	57/100	60	48	69	51
=20	Moonee Valley City	VIC	metro	57/100	63	44	55	65
=20	Mount Alexander Shire	VIC	regional	57/100	56	69	62	39
=37	Canada Bay	NSW	metro	57/100	50	77	51	49
=37	Forbes	NSW	regional	57/100	36	50	51	92
=37	Randwick	NSW	metro	57/100	73	53	68	32
=37	Willoughby	NSW	metro	57/100	53	76	58	40
=23	Alpine Shire	VIC	rural	56/100	73	60	47	44
=23	Bass Coast Shire	VIC	regional	56/100	32	71	59	62
=23	East Gippsland Shire	VIC	regional	56/100	64	71	45	45
=23	Maribyrnong City	VIC	metro	56/100	62	49	74	37
=23	Pyrenees Shire	VIC	rural	56/100	49	51	67	56
=41	Coolamon	NSW	rural	56/100	78	43	50	53
=41	Tweed	NSW	regional	56/100	73	37	74	40
=41	Warren	NSW	rural	56/100	70	59	55	40
=28	Knox City	VIC	metro	55/100	44	59	59	56
=28	Mildura Rural City	VIC	regional	55/100	66	53	50	52
=28	Surf Coast Shire	VIC	regional	55/100	40	40	71	68
=44	Bellingen	NSW	regional	55/100	55	60	53	52
=44	Central Coast	NSW	metro	55/100	46	53	55	68
=44	Kiama	NSW	regional	55/100	49	82	81	10
=44	North Sydney	NSW	metro	55/100	52	82	63	24
=44	Singleton	NSW	regional	55/100	60	57	61	42
=44	Sutherland	NSW	metro	55/100	62	55	64	38
=31	Benalla Rural City	VIC	rural	54/100	46	68	53	50
=31	Brimbank City	VIC	metro	54/100	31	50	72	63
=31	Colac Otway Shire	VIC	regional	54/100	66	51	40	60
=31	Mansfield Shire	VIC	rural	54/100	40	60	62	53
=50	Blue Mountains	NSW	metro	54/100	28	49	53	87
=50	Byron	NSW	regional	54/100	49	79	70	18
=50	Coonamble	NSW	rural	54/100	61	52	46	57
=50	Federation	NSW	regional	54/100	54	47	54	61
=50	Penrith	NSW	metro	54/100	28	50	63	76
=35	Greater Dandenong City	VIC	metro	53/100	33	48	80	49
=35	Greater Shepparton	VIC	regional	53/100	47	22	83	60
=35	Horsham Rural City	VIC	regional	53/100	59	53	38	60
=35	Kingston City	VIC	metro	53/100	59	37	71	44
=35	Moira Shire	VIC	regional	53/100	74	55	42	44
=35	Moyne Shire	VIC	regional	53/100	77	23	47	64
=35	Murrindindi Shire	VIC	rural	53/100	53	54	54	52
=35	Wyndham City	VIC	metro	53/100	44	43	71	54
=55	Edward River	NSW	regional	53/100	58	47	49	57
=55	Murrumbidgee	NSW	rural	53/100	64	33	73	43
=55	Oberon	NSW	regional	53/100	53	56	50	53
=55	Richmond Valley	NSW	regional	53/100	34	74	52	51
=43	Macedon Ranges Shire	VIC	regional	52/100	55	69	46	40
=43	Maroondah City	VIC	metro	52/100	52	61	29	68
=43	Towong Shire	VIC	rural	52/100	72	40	54	44
=59	Balranald	NSW	rural	52/100	64	61	24	60
=59	Burwood	NSW	metro	52/100	48	51	55	53
=59	Hornsby	NSW	metro	52/100	68	34	54	51
=59	Snowy Valleys	NSW	regional	52/100	60	64	32	52
=59	Tenterfield	NSW	regional	52/100	59	53	21	73
=59	Wentworth	NSW	regional	52/100	53	55	39	61
=46	Glen Eira City	VIC	metro	51/100	42	64	36	61
=46	Southern Grampians Shire	VIC	regional	51/100	58	62	47	38
=46	Wangaratta Rural City	VIC	regional	51/100	24	60	68	54
=65	Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional	NSW	regional	51/100	48	48	52	56
=65	Cowra	NSW	regional	51/100	59	44	55	45
=65	Dubbo Regional	NSW	regional	51/100	51	36	45	73
=65	Eurobodalla	NSW	regional	51/100	44	59	66	38
=65	Hawkesbury	NSW	metro	51/100	43	49	39	71
=65	Hunters Hill	NSW	metro	51/100	36	49	59	60
=65	Liverpool Plains	NSW	regional	51/100	55	62	34	53
49	Strathbogie Shire	VIC	rural	50/100	60	64	36	40
=72	Hay	NSW	rural	50/100	44	63	51	40
=72	Parramatta	NSW	metro	50/100	57	43	47	56
=50	Buloke Shire	VIC	rural	49/100	63	41	31	62
=50	Frankston City	VIC	metro	49/100	36	27	77	55
=74	Armidale Regional	NSW	regional	49/100	59	58	32	44
=74	Georges River	NSW	metro	49/100	67	39	56	32
=74	Nambucca Valley	NSW	regional	49/100	58	29	54	56
=74	Ryde	NSW	metro	49/100	65	47	40	46
=74	The Hills	NSW	metro	49/100	69	38	32	57
=74	Upper Hunter	NSW	regional	49/100	32	62	45	59
=52	Ballarat City	VIC	regional	48/100	46	53	50	44
=52	Hobsons Bay City	VIC	metro	48/100	51	55	41	43
=52	Merri-bek City	VIC	metro	48/100	65	33	55	39
=52	Northern Grampians Shire	VIC	rural	48/100	48	57	43	44
=80	Blayney	NSW	regional	48/100	63	22	64	41
=80	Camden	NSW	metro	48/100	35	18	84	54
=80	Mid-Coast	NSW	regional	48/100	48	49	45	50
=80	Mid-Western Regional	NSW	regional	48/100	57	56	33	46
=56	Darebin City	VIC	metro	47/100	40	52	61	36
=56	Latrobe City	VIC	regional	47/100	45	46	44	51
=84	Ballina	NSW	regional	47/100	53	54	67	17
=84	Blacktown	NSW	metro	47/100	39	29	52	69
=84	Hilltops	NSW	regional	47/100	35	58	47	47
=84	Ku-ring-gai	NSW	metro	47/100	42	50	52	46
=84	Lithgow	NSW	regional	47/100	53	56	43	35
=58	Cardinia Shire	VIC	metro	46/100	48	35	52	50
=58	Greater Bendigo City	VIC	regional	46/100	41	55	40	47
=58	Indigo Shire	VIC	rural	46/100	26	56	44	59
=58	South Gippsland Shire	VIC	regional	46/100	53	57	26	50
=58	Yarra City	VIC	metro	46/100	50	64	28	43
=89	Clarence Valley	NSW	regional	46/100	40	38	59	46
=89	Orange	NSW	regional	46/100	53	48	60	23
=89	Wingecarribee	NSW	regional	46/100	69	35	65	14
=63	Glenelg Shire	VIC	regional	45/100	47	65	16	53
=63	Mornington Peninsula Shire	VIC	metro	45/100	43	55	29	55
=92	Bathurst Regional	NSW	regional	45/100	25	33	71	52
=92	Gilgandra	NSW	rural	45/100	50	64	26	40
=92	Griffith	NSW	regional	45/100	51	38	50	41
=92	Lismore	NSW	regional	45/100	41	41	52	47
=92	Wollongong	NSW	regional	45/100	37	59	54	29
=65	Greater Geelong City	VIC	regional	44/100	25	62	53	37
=65	Melbourne City	VIC	metro	44/100	28	65	42	40
=65	Melton City	VIC	metro	44/100	56	22	45	52
=65	Yarriambiack Shire	VIC	rural	44/100	38	32	56	49
=97	Albury	NSW	regional	44/100	46	40	64	27
=97	Goulburn Mulwaree	NSW	regional	44/100	49	45	51	29
=97	Muswellbrook	NSW	regional	44/100	38	58	48	34
=97	Wagga Wagga	NSW	regional	44/100	56	17	72	31
=97	Walcha	NSW	rural	44/100	52	45	44	37
=69	Central Goldfields Shire	VIC	rural	43/100	43	49	33	47
=69	Mitchell Shire	VIC	regional	43/100	28	40	45	59
=69	Whittlesea City	VIC	metro	43/100	53	40	21	60
=102	Cabonne	NSW	regional	43/100	38	33	39	61
=102	Kempsey	NSW	regional	43/100	45	34	57	35
=102	Upper Lachlan	NSW	regional	43/100	50	50	18	53
=105	Canterbury-Bankstown	NSW	metro	42/100	53	33	26	57
=105	Coffs Harbour	NSW	regional	42/100	60	40	40	27
=105	Newcastle	NSW	regional	42/100	52	40	52	23
=108	Broken Hill	NSW	regional	41/100	47	21	40	54
=108	Lockhart	NSW	rural	41/100	41	21	62	40
=108	Weddin	NSW	rural	41/100	31	20	46	67
=72	Golden Plains Shire	VIC	regional	40/100	41	37	33	48
=72	Stonnington City	VIC	metro	40/100	19	43	40	56
=74	Casey City	VIC	metro	39/100	49	36	32	38
=74	Hume City	VIC	metro	39/100	58	45	23	31
=111	Bayside	NSW	metro	39/100	71	25	43	16
=111	Lake Macquarie	NSW	regional	39/100	49	33	46	26
=111	Shoalhaven	NSW	regional	39/100	35	48	56	17
114	Port Stephens	NSW	regional	38/100	62	39	9	41
=76	Baw Baw Shire	VIC	regional	37/100	32	44	27	45
=76	Moorabool Shire	VIC	regional	37/100	39	30	38	41
115	Cessnock	NSW	regional	37/100	51	30	37	30
=116	Glen Innes Severn	NSW	regional	36/100	25	45	48	24
=116	Strathfield	NSW	metro	36/100	41	62	19	24
78	Hepburn Shire	VIC	rural	35/100	33	44	20	42
=118	Shellharbour	NSW	regional	35/100	62	31	31	14
=118	Wollondilly	NSW	metro	35/100	23	41	25	50
=118	Yass Valley	NSW	regional	35/100	34	39	41	26
79	Yarra Ranges Shire	VIC	metro	34/100	43	30	23	40
=121	Campbelltown	NSW	metro	34/100	55	35	28	18
=121	Cumberland	NSW	metro	34/100	42	38	13	43
=123	Dungog	NSW	regional	32/100	31	44	19	35
=123	Fairfield	NSW	metro	32/100	58	14	7	50
=123	Tamworth Regional	NSW	regional	32/100	46	30	27	26
126	Maitland	NSW	regional	30/100	39	19	28	34
127	Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional	NSW	regional	27/100	36	21	33	17
128	Liverpool	NSW	metro	21/100	21	23	17	25