Measuring community strength
Strong communities often share similar characteristics, which can be measured and tracked over time to demonstrate how the community is going and highlight any areas that need attention.
Strong, healthy communities have:
- strong partnerships and collaboration between the broadest range of community organisations
- strong local leadership, ownership and control
- economic, social and environmental assets
- knowledge and understanding of their community
- the ability to collectively organise the participation of community members around community issues (such as volunteering), to determine priorities and make the best use of resources
- local institutions providing governance structures through which action can be organised
Find out what community strengthening looks like in the real world.
Indicators of Community Strength in Victoria
These reports examine 11 indicators of community strength, including feeling safe in the streets after dark, being able to have a say on local issues, volunteering, and having networks of people who can provide support in a crisis. View the indicators of community strength reports.
Victorian Community Indicators Project
The
Victorian Community Indicators Project is a new initiative funded by VicHealth and the Department of Human Services. It is designed to support local governments to develop and use community indicators as tools for measuring health, wellbeing and sustainability and for improving citizen involvement, community planning and policy making. Web Site Updates
DPCD's websites are progressively being updated to reflect the changes following the establishment of the
department. This means you will continue to see some references to the Department for Victorian Communities
(DVC) as changes are being made.
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