Southern capital outpolls Dubai and Sydney.

 

Melbourne has been named as the world’s best city in which to work-from-home, according to a new global survey.

 

The Victorian capital came out on top of a survey by on-demand housing platform Nestpick, which polled residents living in 75 cities around the world.

 

The work-from-anywhere index survey was based on three broad categories - costs and infrastructure, legislation and freedoms and liveability - which combined make them a good place to both relocate and work remotely from.

 

Melbourne ranked exceptionally well for remote working infrastructure, safety, freedom and rights, gender equality, minority equality, healthcare, culture and leisure and pollution with scores in each in the 90s out of 100 points.

 

However, Australia’s low vaccination rates dragged the city's numbers down.

 

Sydney took third spot in the survey, behind Dubai which came in second.

 

Sydney’s leisure and culture, higher rental prices and higher cost of living saw it beaten to the top spot by its southern rival, disparagingly referred to as ‘Bleak City’ by Sydneysiders,