The term liveability is used to evaluate the quality of life in
a region based on the surrounding physical environment and
different location-based social elements. Having a reliable
measurement of general well-being of individuals and societies
can help the government and non-government organizations
planning for better infrastructure. However, a variety of
factors can impact the social perception of local environmental
conditions, many of which are difficult to measure. This makes
different liveability concepts quite challenging to be
evaluated. In collaboration with the IRIS Research, we have
conducted a Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)
survey on perceived liveability. This measures the existing
individual perceptions of social and environmental elements in
the Randwick and Green Square area of Sydney. These perceptions
can be grouped according to six factors describing various
aspects of liveability. A linear additive model is defined in
order to calculate the required area-based liveabilit