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People Living In Rural Areas Happier Than City Dwellers
Two communities in the red-dirt reaches of the north-central "Top End", each with a population of fewer than 17,000 people, were ranked among Australia's most satisfied in the latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index report.
Places of great natural beauty, such as Kangaroo Island, off the state of South Australia, and farming areas with a strong sense of community and ties to the land scored most highly, said report author Bob Cummins.
"Wellbeing is higher in country areas than it is in city areas," Cummins, a psychology professor from Deakin University, told AFP.
"The major driving force behind this is (the) sense of community people get when they live in country towns. People connect more to each other and that's very hard to find in cities, very hard indeed."
Pride in the local environment was an important factor in happiness, said Cummins, and that was reflected among the top-ranking areas.
Litchfield, a Northern Territories paradise of tropical wildlife, parks and waterfalls, and Barkly, the desert area north of the world-famous rock Uluru, both made the top five.
Kangaroo Island, a wildlife refuge which is one-third protected bushland and beaches, was also listed. All the top five regions had populations less than 40,000.
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