Sydney, Australia — Livability Score 82/100

Sydney scores 82/100 for overall livability on WellPlaced, based on World Bank, WHO, OECD, UNESCO, UNODC, Eurostat, Ookla Speedtest, OpenAQ, and GDELT institutional data (not crowdsourced). Population 5,557,233. Data confidence: Verified (Tier A).

Core livability metrics for Sydney

MetricScore
Safety & Security78/100
Daily Living Costs31/100
Housing & Rent22/100
Healthcare93/100
Economy & Jobs96/100
Education92/100
Transport87/100

WellPlaced scores every city on 29 metrics — the 22 additional metrics (climate, air quality, tax burden, governance, digital infrastructure, and more) are available with WellPlaced PRO.