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’.
Kensington was the second neighbourhood community resilience assessment.
With an active local community, family households make up 54 per cent of dwellings in Kensington, amongst the highest in Melbourne. Recent findings from the City of Melbourne Participate Kensington neighbourhood consultation indicates people in Kensington felt higher levels of connection to community in comparison to other parts of the municipality. Community activation and connection along with safety and wellbeing were indicated as priorities for the people of Kensington. City of Melbourne did however hear that 7 per cent of people did not have anyone to call on in the event of a disaster or emergency. They also heard that less than 25 per cent of community members have an emergency kit in preparation for a disaster.
Check out the full report here:
https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community-resilience/kensington-resilience-assessment