$424bn
Infrastructure assets under local government control
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National infrastructure baseline
The current state of Australia's local infrastructure
Explore the 2024 national asset evidence, focus on an asset class and test a transparent productivity scenario. State filters describe Council coverage and geography; condition results remain national because the published report does not provide a comparable state breakdown.
8%
Reported in poor condition nationally
$50–55bn
Poor condition, function or capacity exposure
458 Councils
Survey responses · about 85% coverage
Selected geography
Australia
541Council areas
6,952,935 km²Combined ABS area
The filter changes the Council count and geographic footprint only. The asset condition measures below remain the ALGA national benchmark and must not be interpreted as a result for Australia.
National condition benchmark
Share of surveyed assets by replacement value.
Condition65% good · 27% fair · 8% poor
Function70% good · 23% fair · 7% poor
Capacity71% good · 21% fair · 8% poor
GoodFairPoor
Asset class
Replacement cost
$250bn
Poor condition
$23.1bn
9% of sealed roads and 13% of unsealed roads were reported in poor condition.
Potential productivity channel: Freight reliability, travel time, safety and access to jobs and services.
Asset-class replacement-cost estimates use different survey bases and should not be summed against the $424bn infrastructure control value.
Productivity impact scenario
This calculator makes your assumptions visible. It is an illustrative scenario—not a forecast, business case or causal estimate.
Investment proxy
$2.3B
Poor-condition value × share addressed. Not a cost estimate.
Potential annual value
$2.8M
Users × hours × value per hour.
Simple payback proxy
840.0 years
Excludes lifecycle costs, wider benefits, risk and discounting.
Sources and limits
National asset values and condition are from ALGA's 2024 National State of the Assets report, based on 458 Council survey responses. Council counts and areas use the embedded ABS 2025 LGA snapshot. Neither source provides project-level condition or verified local productivity benefits.