Australia Covid vaccination rates: How many people have the jab in your LGA

The race is on to vaccinate Australia. Some of us are racing to get one while others need to up their game. Here’s how your area is tracking.

The mad dash to vaccinate Australia against Covid-19 is on, but the pace of that race depends heavily on where you live.

With the finish line in sight — in the form of national reopening targets — vaccination rates across the nation at progressing at different speeds.

A breakdown of vaccination rates by LGA across our major cities shows that some of us are racing to get one while others might need some encouragement to roll up their sleeves.

The targets in the national reopening plan are clear and the only way to open Australia back up — both internally and internationally — is to get as many jabs in arms as possible.

At the end of July the prime minister announced a four-step plan to reopen the nation in line with advice from the Doherty Institute that modelled community health risks at different rates of vaccination.

Vaccine rates vary dramatically depending on where you live. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

The first major step towards reopening comes when we, as a nation, hit a 70 per cent double dose vaccination rate.

Once that happens, it means that lockdowns will become rare and borders will be open to more returning travellers.

The next stage is triggered when double vaccination reaches 80 per cent. That means inoculated Australians would be exempt from travel restrictions and lockdowns would only need to be “highly targeted”.

The final phase will be when there are abundant vaccines that are available and variant-proof booster shots mean we can be close to our pre-2020 lives with an annual or six monthly top up jab to keep the virus in check.

How is your area tracking?

We have put together a series of graphics that show the vaccination rates across some of the nations biggest cities.

You can hover over your LGA to see how it’s tracking. We’ll show you the best and worst performing LGAs (at the time of publishing) in each map too.

Overview of Australia

Sydney

Best performing LGA: Ku-ring-gai (59.6 per cent double vaxxed)

Worst performing LGA: Cumberland (34.2 per cent double vaxxed)

Melbourne

Best performing LGA: Bayside (52 per cent double vaxxed)

Worst performing LGA: City of Melbourne (26.7 per cent double vaxxed)

Brisbane

Best performing LGA: City of Brisbane (59.6 per cent double vaxxed)

Worst performing LGA: Logan (39.4 per cent double vaxxed)

Adelaide

Best performing LGA: Burnside (51.5 per cent double vaxxed)

Worst performing LGA: Salisbury (30.2 per cent double vaxxed)