Overwhelmingly, Australians want to live locally in walkable neighbourhoods, within easy access to fresh, healthy food, and other everyday destinations, finds a recent survey conducted by the Heart Foundation.

The results from the survey of 2,895 Australians is contained in the report What Australia Wants: Living locally in walkable neighbourhoods. Key findings include:

• Just over eight in 10 value having natural elements such as trees and plants.
• Eight in 10 people surveyed feel that having quality public open space close to them is very / somewhat important to them when deciding where to live.
• Nearly eight in 10 people surveyed said its very / somewhat important to them that they can be active in their local area

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