But a Sunshine Coast Council spokeswoman said the survey would assist with implementing and monitoring the council’s environment and liveability strategy and the community strategy. “The Living in Place survey is an independent and robust community survey/social research project used to provide a measure of liveability,” the spokeswoman said. It was developed by population and demographic specialists Informed Decisions. The spokeswoman said the survey complemented a communication satisfaction survey completed last year. “It will build on the information captured in relation to the satisfaction and utilisation of council services and provide an understanding of the values our community places on where they live, what is important to them and what works well in their neighbourhoods from a liveability perspective,” the spokeswoman said.