Find out what it's really like to live anywhere in Australia
Independent council performance scores and local insights for 284 councils across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Every council is scored across four dimensions — Sustainability, Community Services, Lifestyle & Amenity and Core Operations — using statutory data published by state and federal regulators, and compared within its state and peer group (metro, regional, rural).
Top council in each state
- Bayside City — #1 in Victoria · score 73/100 — Melbourne's prestigious bayside strip — beach lifestyle meets leafy heritage suburbs
- Bland — #1 in New South Wales · score 74/100 — Central west farming heart — West Wyalong gold and grain country
Top-performing councils
- Bland — NSW · regional · score 74/100
- Sydney — NSW · metro · score 74/100
- Waverley — NSW · metro · score 74/100
- Bayside City — VIC · metro · score 73/100
- Northern Beaches — NSW · metro · score 71/100
- Gwydir — NSW · regional · score 70/100
- Lane Cove — NSW · metro · score 70/100
- Woollahra — NSW · metro · score 70/100
- Wellington Shire — VIC · regional · score 68/100
- Monash City — VIC · metro · score 67/100