Local Factors Contributing to Living Standards.

The article focuses on various issues discussed in the Australian Living Standards Study of 5000 families in 12 rural and urban areas of Australia. The major issues affecting service delivery for outer urban areas were high number of low income families, high cost of travel to work for residents, absence of important facilities from the area, difficulty of attracting services to the area and high number of non-English-speaking residents. The major issues affecting service delivery for middle urban areas were high number of non-English-speaking residents, high number of low income families, and scarcity and high cost of available land. The major issues affecting service delivery for inner urban areas were high number of low income families, high number of non-English-speaking residents, high number of Aboriginal residents, scarcity and cost of available land, high cost of living, and absence of important facilities. The major issues affecting service delivery for rural-remote areas were high number of low income families, difficulty of attracting services to the area, high cost of transporting goods to the area, high cost of travel, high cost of living in the area, absence of important facilities, and the distance from other services and facilities.