Global CityIntelligence

Australia / Oceania

Orange City Intelligence

Orange is a regional city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales and a cool-climate wine district, with city-intelligence relevance for its university campus, regional health services, and Sydney air links. Orange is a oceania city of about ~42K in Australia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Orange sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (56/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~42K
View of Orange, Australia

Image credit: Image: Athaydesbr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall score

Use the Orange profile to compare affordability, regional-services access, and nature-proximity dimensions alongside Sydney, Canberra, and Newcastle.

Overall56/100
Affordability60/100
Air quality74/100
Energy55/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

56/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Orange data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Orange city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score56/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living60/100Orange's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality74/100Orange'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.
Energy55/100Orange's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety57/100Orange's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed56/100Orange's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk58/100Orange's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience58/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety76/100
Low crime78/100
Personal safety78/100
Night safety74/100
Road safety74/100

Orange is estimated to be a generally safe city (76/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life81/100
Healthcare84/100
Education83/100
Green space94/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure83/100
Mobility56/100

Orange has a very high quality-of-life estimate (81/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness81/100
Education83/100
Green space94/100
Overall safety76/100

Orange scores very high for family living (81/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability67/100
Walkability56/100
Cycling56/100
Infrastructure83/100

Orange is moderate for remote workers (67/100), based on connectivity, affordability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability79/100
Healthcare84/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle60/100

Orange is high for retirement (79/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Orange

Local public safety guidance for Orange, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Australia emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency (Triple Zero)00024/7000 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch nationally; 112 also works from mobile phones.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Orange, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Australia emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Orange

Healthcare context for Orange, with national-level information from Australia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Orange, see the Australia healthcare profile.

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Orange

Local mobility context for Orange, with national-level context from Australia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Orange, see the Australia transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Orange. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Orange

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Orange 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.

Orange air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The 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).

Explore Orange modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Orange

Orange's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Orange

Orange'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 in Orange

Orange's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Orange

Orange's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Orange

Orange's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Orange

Orange's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Orange

Cost of living estimates for Orange — 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 in Orange

Climate profile for Orange — Oceanic climate, annual average 20.6°C, comfort score 82/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Orange

Economy and jobs profile for Orange — tourism economy, economy score 72/100, key industries including tourism, mining, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Orange

Education profile for Orange — regional education center, education score 63/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Orange

Source-attributed visual context for Orange 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 guide for Orange

Weekend trip planning checklist for Orange — 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.

Nearby weekend places from Orange

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 Orange

Estimate a monthly budget for Orange 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 Orange

Plan a trip budget for Orange using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Orange

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Orange. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Dubbo, Australia

Same region · about 124 km from Orange. Explore Dubbo's city intelligence profile.

Sydney, Australia

Same region · about 206 km from Orange. Explore Sydney's city intelligence profile.

Wollongong, Australia

Same region · about 208 km from Orange. Explore Wollongong's city intelligence profile.

Canberra, Australia

Same region · about 224 km from Orange. Explore Canberra's city intelligence profile.

Newcastle, Australia

Same region · about 250 km from Orange. Explore Newcastle's city intelligence profile.

Wagga Wagga, Australia

Weekend trip · about 259 km from Orange. Explore Wagga Wagga's city intelligence profile.

Tamworth, Australia

Same region · about 298 km from Orange. Explore Tamworth's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Orange — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Orange — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Orange profile to compare affordability, regional-services access, and nature-proximity dimensions alongside Sydney, Canberra, and Newcastle. Its standout dimensions are air quality (74/100) and cost of living (60/100). The area most worth watching is energy (55/100), 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 Orange 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.

Sources

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.