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City Plan 2040 Indicators

The following Indicators measure our success of achieving our key outcomes. These will be measured throughout the 2024-25 financial year and provided mid-2025. They will continued to be measured throughout the lifespan of the City Plan 2040.

Date updated: September 2024

A welcoming and liveable city

Council indicators:

  • Visitation and membership to the Council’s recreation centres, sporting facilities and open space
  • Reported community health and wellbeing
  • Reported community satisfaction at Council-run community events that are welcoming to all
  • Reported community safety in the City of Salisbury


Community indicators:

  • Housing diversity supply in the City of Salisbury
  • Housing stress in the City of Salisbury
  • SEIFA (Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas) for the City of Salisbury


A sustainable city

Council indicators:

  • Number of native plants planted in parks, reserves and open space
  • Organisational carbon emissions
  • Proportion of Council operations consumption powered by renewable energy
  • Natural gas and grid electricity consumed in Council operations
  • Proportion of recycled material used in Council’s renewal programs

Community indicators:

  • Domestic waste generated and diverted from landfill
  • Percentage of stormwater captured for reuse

A growing city that creates new opportunities

Council indicators:

  • Polaris Centre Net Promoter Score
  • Value of major projects across the City of Salisbury
  • Value of investment in Salisbury City Centre and Ingle Farm Activity Centre

Community indicators:

  • City of Salisbury residents who work in the Council area
  • Hectares of land rezoned to employment
  • Expenditure across the City of Salisbury
  • Vacancy rates and value of key industrial and commercial precincts
  • Value of investment in land west of Port Wakefield Road
  • Number of businesses in the Council area

Innovation and Business Development

Council indicators:

  • Development assessment timeframes
  • Customer requests completed within agreed service levels
  • Customer satisfaction data
  • Operating surplus ratio, financial liabilities ratio and asset sustainability ratio
  • Number of community members engaged through Council’s engagements and digital platforms
  • Customer and community savings from Salisbury Water compared to mains water pricing
  • Organisational development and effectiveness
  • Staff wellbeing index