Table 1 Descriptive statistics: percentage green space and low income households, by city

N SA1s (%)

28,626

9,286 (32.4%)

8,600 (30.0%)

4,448 (15.5%)

3,699 (12.9%)

2,593 (9.1%)

Mean percentage green space (standard deviation)

15.1% (12.2%)

16.8% (13.2%)

12.7% (10.7%)

12.7% (10.7%)

17.3% (12.8%)

13.3% (11.8%)

Percentage green space (categories)

N SA1s (%)

  0%

409 (1.4%)

52 (0.6%)

180 (2.1%)

57 (1.3%)

29 (0.8%)

91 (3.5%)

  1% – 9%

11,596 (40.5%)

3,237 (34.9%)

4,307 (50.1%)

1,661 (37.3%)

1,208 (32.7%)

1,183 (45.6%)

  10% – 19%

9,537 (33.3%)

3,307 (35.6%)

2,587 (30.1%)

1,591 (35.8%)

1,284 (34.7%)

768 (29.6%)

  20% – 39%

5,710 (20.0%)

2,108 (22.7%)

1,254 (14.6%)

944 (21.2%)

956 (25.8%)

448 (17.3%)

  ≥ 40%

1,374 (4.8%)

582 (6.3%)

272 (3.2%)

195 (4.4%)

222 (6.0%)

103 (4.0%)

Mean percentage low income households^a (standard deviation)

9.1% (7.1%)

8.8% (7.5%)

9.5% (7.0%)

9.5% (7.0%)

8.4% (6.0%)

11.8% (8.0%)

Percentage low income households^a (categories)

N SA1s (%)

  0%

2,155 (7.5%)

844 (9.1%)

511 (5.9%)

462 (10.4%)

254 (6.9%)

84 (3.2%)

  1 – 4%

6,109 (21.3%)

2,139 (23.0%)

1,548 (18.0%)

1,187 (26.7%)

873 (23.6%)

362 (14.0%)

  5 – 9%

9,776 (34.2%)

3,126 (33.7%)

3,056 (35.5%)

1,500 (33.7%)

1,366 (36.9%)

728 (28.1%)

  10 – 19%

8,621 (30.1%)

2,468 (26.6%)

2,976 (34.6%)

1,067 (24.0%)

1,049 (28.4%)

1,061 (40.9%)

  20%+

1,965 (6.9%)

709 (7.6%)

509 (5.9%)

232 (5.2%)

157 (4.2%)

358 (13.8%)