Less Trusting, More Financially Stressed: New Data Show How Australians Feel About Their Lives

Less trusting, more financially stressed: new data show how Australians feel about their lives

This week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its refreshed General Social Survey. It tells a story economic indicators can’t capture. On almost every measure of how Australians experience their lives – trust, connection, cultural openness, financial security, even how healthy we feel – things have gotten worse since the last survey in 2020, which was conducted during COVID. What the data reveal The survey results, collected in May and…

3 in 4 Aussies in same or worse financial position than a year ago – new data reveals

If it feels like many Australians are running hard financially but not really getting ahead, the latest data suggests that’s more than just a perception....