Australia / Oceania
Gladstone is a deepwater port and heavy-industry city in central Queensland whose LNG, alumina, and coal-export facilities shape its labor market, air-quality monitoring, and climate-adaptation planning around heat and cyclone exposure. Gladstone is a oceania city of about ~45K in Australia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Gladstone sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (56/100).
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Use the Gladstone profile to compare industrial air-quality framing, energy-transition context, and affordability alongside regional peers such as Rockhampton, Mackay, and Townsville.
56/100
Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.
Directional
Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.
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Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 56/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 68/100 | Gladstone's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 58/100 | Gladstone's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated. |
| Energy | 70/100 | Gladstone's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 54/100 | Gladstone's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 63/100 | Gladstone's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 52/100 | Gladstone's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 52/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Gladstone is estimated to be a generally safe city (77/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Gladstone has a high quality-of-life estimate (78/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Gladstone scores high for family living (79/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Gladstone is high for remote workers (71/100), based on connectivity, affordability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Gladstone is high for retirement (77/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.
Local public safety guidance for Gladstone, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Universal emergency (Triple Zero) | 00024/7 | 000 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch nationally; 112 also works from mobile phones. |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Gladstone, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Australia emergency profile.
Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.
Used as the primary attribution for Australia's 000 universal emergency number.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare context for Gladstone, with national-level information from Australia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Gladstone, see the Australia healthcare profile.
Official hospital registry
MyHospitals — Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Official Australian Government statistical agency portal with hospital information across the country.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.
Used as the primary federal attribution for Australian public-health context.
Used as the official Australian hospital registry reference for verified facility lookups.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Local mobility context for Gladstone, with national-level context from Australia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Gladstone, see the Australia transport profile.
Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.
Used as the primary federal attribution for Australian national transport context.
Used as the primary attribution for Australian aviation authority information.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Gladstone. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Source-attributed values for Gladstone will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
Verified data unavailableThe air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
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Gladstone's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Gladstone's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Gladstone's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Gladstone's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Gladstone's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Gladstone's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
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Cost of living estimates for Gladstone — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.
Climate profile for Gladstone — Semi-Arid climate, annual average 24.7°C, comfort score 71/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs profile for Gladstone — regional center, economy score 73/100, key industries including mining, tourism, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Education profile for Gladstone — regional education center, education score 63/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Source-attributed visual context for Gladstone using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.
Weekend trip planning checklist for Gladstone — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.
Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.
Estimate a monthly budget for Gladstone using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.
Plan a trip budget for Gladstone using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Gladstone. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
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Regional discovery collections that include Gladstone — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.
National parks · 30 places across 15 cities.
Weekend escapes · 30 places across 7 cities.
Theme-first discovery collections that include Gladstone — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
Hiking Areas · 50 places across 28 cities.
National Park Weekends · 50 places across 28 cities.
Nature Photography Spots · 34 places across 21 cities.
Weekend Nature Retreats · 50 places across 28 cities.
Hiking Areas · 50 places across 32 cities.
Nature Photography Spots · 50 places across 33 cities.
Use the Gladstone profile to compare industrial air-quality framing, energy-transition context, and affordability alongside regional peers such as Rockhampton, Mackay, and Townsville. Its standout dimensions are energy (70/100) and cost of living (68/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (52/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Country context is available on the Australia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Gladstone appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.