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Report Summary

  • 30

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    50% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 100

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    94% of websites

counciljobs.com.au

CouncilJobs - Targeted Recruitment Advertising in Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth

Page Load Speed

5.5 sec in total

First Response

980 ms

Resources Loaded

4.3 sec

Page Rendered

188 ms

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About Website

Visit counciljobs.com.au now to see the best up-to-date Council Jobs content for Australia and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about counciljobs.com.au

CouncilJobs is the leading Local Government employment site in Australia with #1 web traffic ranking and top search results for local council and government jobs.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Counciljobs.com.au page load time and found that the first response time was 980 ms and then it took 4.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

counciljobs.com.au performance score

30

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.7 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.9 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value600 ms

49/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.3 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

counciljobs.com.au

980 ms

animate.css

221 ms

awesome-bootstrap-checkbox.css

400 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.css

410 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.standalone.css

405 ms

Our browser made a total of 79 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (67 requests) were addressed to the original Counciljobs.com.au, 4% (3 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net and 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Counciljobs.com.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 541.8 kB (45%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

663.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Counciljobs.com.au main page is 1.2 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 780.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 52.2 kB

  • Original 64.6 kB
  • After minification 51.2 kB
  • After compression 12.4 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 13.4 kB, which is 21% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 52.2 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-38%

Potential reduce by 89.8 kB

  • Original 239.2 kB
  • After minification 149.4 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Council Jobs needs image optimization as it can save up to 89.8 kB or 38% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-45%

Potential reduce by 351.5 kB

  • Original 780.4 kB
  • After minification 768.0 kB
  • After compression 428.9 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 351.5 kB or 45% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 48.2 kB

  • Original 121.0 kB
  • After minification 121.0 kB
  • After compression 72.7 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Counciljobs.com.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 48.2 kB or 40% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 52 (70%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

22

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Council Jobs. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 32 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 22 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

counciljobs.com.au

counciljobs.com.au

980 ms

animate.css

animate.css

221 ms

awesome-bootstrap-checkbox.css

awesome-bootstrap-checkbox.css

400 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.css

bootstrap-datepicker.css

410 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.standalone.css

bootstrap-datepicker.standalone.css

405 ms

bootstrap-datepicker3.css

bootstrap-datepicker3.css

415 ms

bootstrap-datepicker3.standalone.css

bootstrap-datepicker3.standalone.css

414 ms

bootstrap-select.css

bootstrap-select.css

421 ms

bootstrap-theme.css

bootstrap-theme.css

602 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

825 ms

chosen.css

chosen.css

611 ms

PagedList.css

PagedList.css

616 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

618 ms

shortcuts.css

shortcuts.css

620 ms

style.css

style.css

1021 ms

style.css

style.css

815 ms

camera.css

camera.css

831 ms

sweetalert.css

sweetalert.css

830 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

821 ms

owl.theme.css

owl.theme.css

1015 ms

owl.transitions.css

owl.transitions.css

1020 ms

modernizr-2.8.3.js

modernizr-2.8.3.js

1035 ms

js

js

87 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

396 ms

sharethis.js

sharethis.js

28 ms

jquery-3.1.1.js

jquery-3.1.1.js

1453 ms

jquery-3.6.0.js

jquery-3.6.0.js

1456 ms

jquery-ui-1.12.1.js

jquery-ui-1.12.1.js

1865 ms

jquery-ui-1.13.2.js

jquery-ui-1.13.2.js

1840 ms

jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js

jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js

1217 ms

jquery.validate.js

jquery.validate.js

1242 ms

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js

1427 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

1467 ms

retina.js

retina.js

1636 ms

jquery.flexmenu.js

jquery.flexmenu.js

1655 ms

jquery.slitslider.js

jquery.slitslider.js

1668 ms

bootstrap-wysiwyg.js

bootstrap-wysiwyg.js

1670 ms

jquery.hotkeys.js

jquery.hotkeys.js

1834 ms

owl.carousel.js

owl.carousel.js

1866 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.js

bootstrap-datepicker.js

1887 ms

bootstrap-select.js

bootstrap-select.js

1681 ms

chosen.jquery.js

chosen.jquery.js

1651 ms

chosen.proto.js

chosen.proto.js

1648 ms

sweetalert.js

sweetalert.js

1666 ms

settings.js

settings.js

1663 ms

camera.js

camera.js

1702 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

1693 ms

slider.js

slider.js

1647 ms

css

css

20 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

1234 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

80 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

80 ms

cubes.png

cubes.png

255 ms

logo.png

logo.png

256 ms

wollongong-city-council.png

wollongong-city-council.png

258 ms

midcoast-council.png

midcoast-council.png

257 ms

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pormpuraaw-aboriginal-shire-council.png

256 ms

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256 ms

riverina-eastern-regional-organisation-of-councils-(reroc).png

riverina-eastern-regional-organisation-of-councils-(reroc).png

424 ms

masonblackadder.png

masonblackadder.png

424 ms

camden-nsw.png

camden-nsw.png

427 ms

leonards-nsw.png

leonards-nsw.png

427 ms

fairfieldcity-nsw.png

fairfieldcity-nsw.png

427 ms

cityofsydney.png

cityofsydney.png

426 ms

lgsg-nsw.png

lgsg-nsw.png

604 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

292 ms

header1.jpeg

header1.jpeg

529 ms

bullet.png

bullet.png

557 ms

bg-featured-strip.jpg

bg-featured-strip.jpg

559 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

64 ms

camera_skins.png

camera_skins.png

380 ms

camera-loader.gif

camera-loader.gif

379 ms

empty.png

empty.png

552 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

50 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

762 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

14 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

34 ms

ads

ads

33 ms

empty.png

empty.png

200 ms

Accessibility Review

counciljobs.com.au accessibility score

84

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

counciljobs.com.au best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

counciljobs.com.au SEO score

100

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Counciljobs.com.au can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Counciljobs.com.au main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

counciljobs.com.au

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Council Jobs. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: