Youth survey

Each year, we ask young people aged 15 to 19 in Australia to share their challenges, concerns and experiences in Australia’s largest annual survey of young people. The report details findings from 17,480 responses to the Youth Survey 2024. Young people identified concerns relating to the environment, equity and discrimination, the economy and financial matters and mental health.

A breakdown of the Youth Survey 2024 findings for each state and territory can be found here. Each state/territory sub-report includes a summary of key findings presented as an infographic summary as well as data tables.

In July 2024, we conducted a co-design workshop to unpack Mission Australia's inbuilt Youth Survey wellbeing and risk of harm notifications to ensure that they provide a bridge to appropriate suports for young people. Learn more about our approach in the next Evidence and Insights snapshot.

This report was produced in collaboration with youth mental health research and advocacy organisation, Orygen. The report aims to better understand the impacts that concern about financial security and financial hardship have in the lives of young people and is based on data from the 2023 Mission Australia Youth Survey.

This is Mission Australia’s fifth biennial youth homelessness report. The report explores 2023 Youth Survey data to understand key areas of disparity between young people with experience of homelessness compared to those who have stable housing and presents policy recommendations to end youth homelessness in Australia.

This report summary contains the key findings and policy recommendations from the main report The unfair divide: Disadvantage faced by young people who are homeless.

A breakdown of The unfair divide: Disadvantage faced by young people who are homeless findings by gender and state.

This is another report that has been produced as a result of an ongoing partnership between Mission Australia and Orygen. The purpose of this report is to better understand the cohort of young people who experience extreme weather events and the impact these events have on their lives.

Each year, we ask young people aged 15 to 19 in Australia to share their challenges, concerns and experiences in Australia’s largest annual survey of young people. The report details findings from 19,501 responses to the Youth Survey 2023. Young people identified concerns relating to the environment, equity and discrimination, the economy and financial matters and mental health.

This booklet includes key infographic summaries from the Youth Survey Report 2023. It provides an overview of the top national issues identified by young people and a summary of key challenges they have personally faced this year.

A breakdown of the Youth Survey 2023 findings for each state and territory can be found here. Each state/territory sub-report includes a summary of key findings presented as an infographic summary as well as data tables.

This is another report that has been produced as a result of an ongoing partnership between Mission Australia and Orygen. The purpose of this report is to better understand young people who are experiencing social exclusion, and the impact this has on their mental health and wellbeing and their help-seeking behaviour.

This is another report that has been produced as a result of an ongoing partnership between Mission Australia and Orygen. The purpose of this report is to better understand the cohort of young people who are highly concerned about climate change, and the impact this concern has on their mental health and perceptions of the future. 

A breakdown of the Youth Survey 2022 findings for each state and territory can be found here. Each state/territory sub-report includes a summary of key findings presented as an infographic summary as well as data tables.

This summary booklet includes infographic summaries of the Youth Survey Report 2022. Young people identified concerns relating to the environment, equity and discrimination and mental health. Young people also voiced the importance of asking friends, family and health professionals for support, the need for learning strategies to reduce stress and more emphasis on mental health and wellbeing at school.

Each year, we ask young people aged 15 to 19 in Australia to share their challenges, concerns and experiences in Australia’s largest annual survey of young people. The report details findings from 18,800 responses to the Youth Survey 2022. Young people identified concerns relating to the environment, equity and discrimination and mental health.

This is Mission Australia’s fourth youth homelessness report. The report uses 2021 Youth Survey data to understand the experiences of young people in Australia who were homeless for the first time during the COVID-19 period. It looks at the prevalence of first-time youth homelessness during that time, explores the risk factors for first-time youth homelessness in this group and provides an overview of their mental health and housing situation.

This booklet contains the key findings, policy and practice recommendations from the report Without a home: First-time youth homelessness in the COVID-19 period.

This is the first report that has been produced as a result of an important partnership between Mission Australia and Orygen. The report looks into the types of impact experienced by young people during the pandemic, and the particular groups of young people who have faced more challenges. The report also details how the experience of different and multiple impacts relate to increases in stress, loneliness, and psychological distress, as well as decreases in feelings of control, happiness and mental health and wellbeing.

This summary booklet contains the key findings and policy & practice recommendations from the report Clusters of COVID-19 impact: Identifying the impact of COVID-19 on Young Australians in 2021.