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The top three issues facing Australia were Inflation/Cost of Living, Housing/Price of Housing, and Crime/Law and Order/Violence/Anti-Social Behaviour

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Concerns and Ideas in Australia in 2024

The section reports on your residents’ most pressing local area concerns, and how your residents’ views regarding their worries compare beyond, across and within your LGA. It also serves as a repository for your residents free-form ideas. Explore, download and share your residents’ ideas in this section of the tool.

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What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Australia 2024 (n = 5064)
May 2023 (n = 6551) Sort by
Inflation/Cost of Living
59%
57%
Housing/Price of Housing
54%
52%
Law & order
26%
27%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
21%
22%
Healthcare/Hospitals
19%
21%
Transport
18%
19%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
15%
15%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
14%
15%
The Economy
13%
14%
Population/Overpopulation
13%
13%
Poverty/Inequality
11%
9%
Unemployment
9%
7%
Environmental Concerns
7%
8%
Immigration
5%
4%
Taxation
5%
5%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
5%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
3%
3%
Education
3%
3%
Defence
1%
1%
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Significantly lower