Figure 8: What is your gender? Gender Number of Participants - Public Number of Participants - Trader Male 365 92 Female 550 57 identity 3 0 Did not answer 47 6 Postcode Participants were to provide their postcode of residence to help us understand where market visitors were travelling from. In total, 1,084 responded to this question. Table 4 lists the suburbs in which 15 or more participants reside. This combines both trader and public responses. The majority of participants reside in Melbourne CBD (14.5 per cent) or the northern suburbs (28 per cent) Table 4: What postcode area do you live in? Postcode and suburb Number of survey responses Percentage survey responses 3000 – Melbourne 157 14.5 3051 – North Melbourne 63 5.8 3003 – West Melbourne 38 3.5 3053 – Carlton 32 3.0 3056 – Brunswick 25 2.3 3031 – Flemington, Kensington 23 2.1 3070 – Northcote 23 2.1 3068 – Clifton Hill, Fitzroy 20 1.8 3052 – Parkville 19 1.8 3032 – Ascot Vale, Highpoint, Maribyrnong, Travancore 16 1.5 3044 – Pascoe Vale, Pascoe Vale South 16 1.5 3058 – Coburg, Coburg North, Moreland 15 1.4 3141 – Essendon North, Strathmore, Strathmore Heights 15 1.4 Trader profile Market traders were asked to provide some information regarding the type and location of their business within the market. This helps us to understand the mix of traders who participated in this consultation and in which part of the market they currently operate.
2 9 7 1 - Not important 3 8 Upgrade the infrastructure to support events including alternative market operations and arrangements A of 113 traders, comprising 38 traders from Q3 – Quarter Three, and 75 traders from other areas of the market answered this question. Half of traders from Q3 – Quarter Three rated these improvements as a four or five suggesting that these improvements were generally important. A further 37 per cent gave these improvements a rating of three, suggesting that they were of neutral importance. Traders from other areas of the market generally considered these improvements to be more important with a combined total of 55 per cent giving a rating of five or four. The highest proportion of traders from Q3 – Quarter Three considered these improvements to be of neutral importance with 36 per cent rating upgrading infrastructure to support large events in Q3 – Quarter Three a rating of three Figure 32: Quarter 3 – How important is it to upgrade infrastructure to support events in Q3 - Quarter Three? Rating of importance Number of Participants – Q3 traders Number of Participants – traders 5 - Very important 9 27 4 10 14 3 14 20 2 3 8 1 - Not important 2 6 Upgrade management facilities A total of 112 traders, comprising 38 traders from Q3 – Quarter Three, and 74 traders from other areas of the market responded to this question. Half of the traders from Q3 – Quarter Three rated these improvements as a four or five, suggesting that these improvements were generally important. A further 32 per cent gave these improvements a rating of three, suggesting that they were of neutral importance. Traders from other areas of the market generally considered these improvements to be more important with a combined total of 62 per cent giving a rating of five or four. Half of the traders from Q3 – Quarter Three (50 per cent) rated upgrading waste management facilities for Q3 – Quarter Three as a four or five, suggesting that these improvements were generally important Figure 33: Quarter 3 – How important is it to upgrade waste management facilities in Q3 - Quarter Three?