Just and enquiry as to whether anyone has a good link to rating of suburbs around Australia, in regards of quality of housing, standard of living etc. I think I would be OK in Melbourne and Sydney with suitable places to live, but keen to know of the good and bad in Hobart.

Have you tried the Assiemove.com site it has loads of info, suburbs etc

sousa

Thanks Sousa, much appreciated

You can try this one too:
http://www.domain.com.au/Public/SuburbReport.aspx

good luck with the search

Just to post another site I managed to find regarding house prices

http://www.realestatereview.com.au/

Nothing too deep here, but just gives some good basic information on house price trends

If you PM me you email address i can send you a file on melb suburbs ratings.

Click on my nickname and then click PM

Their was some comment on the Tasmania thread on Australia about this (prob a few pages back now). I recall glenorche being labelled a bad suburb of Hobart and Sandy bay a very nice one but pricey. Old rule of thumb I always use: never go for the cheapest, go for the best you can realistically afford that meets your requirements