City of Melbourne is working on a four-year Major Initiative on Community Disaster Resilience, which is included in the Council Plan 2021-25 to ‘engage and prepare residents and communities to enhance their resilience to hazards, disasters and the health impacts of climate change’.
City of Melbourne conducted community workshops in Carlton in May 2023 with 22 community members to better understand the experiences of people living in Carlton, and where they see the major vulnerabilities and opportunities to build better preparedness to future shocks and stresses.
Carlton is a young, international neighbourhood with 81% of dwellings being flats or apartments, a median age of 27, and half of the population speaking a language other than English at home. Consultations conducted in late 2021 indicated that 57% of Carlton residents could call on family to help during a disaster, 75% could call on friends but only 34% could call on neighbours. In addition, 56% of Carlton respondents indicated they had high confidence that their neighbourhood would pull together during a disaster.
Check out the full report here:
https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community-resilience/carlton-resilience-assessment