ranks
13
20
for green cover compared to similar places across Australia
City of Newcastle is
Urban, spacious and average-high rainfall
50-100% urban
Average density
Ave to high rainfall
vital statistics
165,571
population
LOW
HIGH
0.9%
population growth (ave annual % change over past 20 years)
LOW
HIGH
887
population density
(people per sq km)
LOW
HIGH
71.2%
proportion of LGA that is urban
LOW
HIGH
11.5%
proportion apartments
LOW
HIGH
996
measure of advantage and disadvantage
(SEIFA-IRSAD)
LOW
HIGH
16.2%
parents born overseas
LOW
HIGH
1,128.1
rainfall
(annual ave mm)
LOW
HIGH
1.5%
bushfire affected
(% of LGA area burnt last 5 years)
LOW
HIGH
Newcastle has
24.4%
canopy
(typically over 3m)
Up 1.4%
since 2016
5.1%
shrub
(typically below 3m)
Down -1.2%
since 2016
38.1%
grass
and bare ground
Up 0.2%
since 2016
Your green cover
Your green space
32.4%
grey
(hard surface, e.g. pavement, roads and roofs)
Down -0.4%
since 2016
24.4%
canopy
(over 3m)
Up 1.4%
since 2016
5.1%
shrub
(over 3m)
Down -1.2%
since 2016
38.1%
grass
(over 3m)
Up 0.2%
since 2016
32.4%
grey
(hard surface, e.g. pavement, roads and roofs)
Down -0.4%
since 2016
Your green cover
Your green space
SHADE & COOLING
PLACES TO RIDE & RUN
WILDLIFE HABITAT
AESTHETICS & VALUE
green cover is important
While grass is great for recreation, green cover is what creates many of the other big benefits, like keeping suburbs and homes cool and giving shade for walking, running and active transport.
It also brings wildlife into suburbs and makes them more appealing to the eye which, in turn, can make them more valuable.
When it comes to green cover
Newcastle
ranks
13
20
for green cover compared to similar places across Australia
with
with
29.5%
green cover
Newcastle
is here
75%+
50-75%
25-50%
0-25%
75%+
Newcastle
is here
50-75%
Newcastle
is here
25-50%
Newcastle
is here
0-25%
Newcastle
is here
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Newcastle's
GREEN COVER
has
INCREASED
0.2%
since 2016
is
moderately below
comparable places
This means there is a
High
challenge rating for Newcastle in maintaining and growing future green cover
This information is based in its entirety on: Hurley, J., Amati, M., Deilami, K., Caffin, M., Stanford, H., Azizmohammad, S. (2020) Where will all the trees be? - an assessment of urban forest cover and management for Australian cities, prepared for Hort Innovation by the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne and Greener Spaces Better Places.
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