2024 Mapping Social Cohesion Report

[Ananda Barton]

Good morning

 

Please see below a link to the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute’s 2024 Mapping Social Cohesion Report.

 

The 2024 report found that;

 

Australians continue to broadly value the contribution of migrants to Australian society, culture and the economy.

 

Australians have a high degree of trust in community and public services, but weaker trust in government and media.

 

against a backdrop of national and international protest and activism, political participation remained strong, increasing slightly across some indicators in 2024.

 

At the community level, Australians remain engaged and connected in 2024, largely in line with 2023 findings.

 

Cost-of-living pressures continue to impact personal and social wellbeing, with financial difficulties at least as common in 2024 as they were in 2023 across all indicators.

 

The conflict in the Middle East and other events coincide with greater pressure on interfaith relations, with attitudes towards all major faiths less positive and more negative in 2024.

 

While people’s sense of belonging in their communities remained strong in 2024, males and females felt less safe in their local areas.

 

Please read the full report https://scanloninstitute.org.au/mapping-social-cohesion-2024

 

Best wishes,

 

Ananda Barton