To the present fourteen surveys have been conducted for the Scanlon Foundation Social Cohesion Research Program. National surveys of public opinion bearing on social cohesion, population and immigration issues were conducted in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Neighbourhood surveys were conducted in areas of immigrant concentration in Sydney and Melbourne in 2007, 2009 and 2012. This site presents the reports on survey findings.
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2007
Summary report [pdf 1.18MB]
Full report [pdf 5.6MB]
Methodological report [pdf 699kB]
2009
Summary report [pdf 956kB]
Full report [pdf 4.39MB]
Methodological report [pdf 698kB]
2010
Summary report [pdf 717kB]
Methodological report [pdf 691kB]
2011
Summary report [pdf 2.36MB]
Methodological report [pdf 1,012kB]
2012
National report [pdf 1.56MB]
Neighbourhoods report [pdf 1.89MB]
National methodological report [pdf 1.18MB]
Neighbourhood methodological report [pdf 2.01MB]
2013
National report [pdf 1.39MB]
Local areas report [pdf 2.58MB]
Recent arrivals report [pdf 1.51MB]
National methodological report [pdf 1.45MB]
Local methodological report [pdf 1.24MB]
Recent arrivals methodological report [pdf 953kB]
2014
National report [pdf 1.37MB]
Snap poll results [pdf 1.06MB]
National methodological report [pdf 1.52MB]
Third generation Australian methodological report [pdf 2.5MB]
Snap poll methodological report [pdf 305kB]
2015
National report [pdf 1.71MB]
National methodological report [pdf 1.49MB]
2016
National report [pdf 1.0MB]
National methodological report [pdf 1.7MB]
2017
National report [pdf 2.2MB]
National methodological report [pdf 2.4MB]
2018
National report [pdf 1.3MB]
National methodological report [pdf 2.9MB]
Life in Australia Panel methodological report [pdf 809kB]
2019
National report [pdf 1.9MB]
National methodological report [pdf 1.6MB]
Life in Australia Wave 29 methodological report [pdf 685kB]
2020
National report [pdf 2.1MB]
Life in Australia Wave 40 methodological report [pdf 2.0MB]
Life in Australia Wave 44 methodological report [pdf 1.9MB]
2021
National report [pdf 9.1MB]
Life in Australia Wave 51 methodological report [pdf 534kb]