2024 Carer Wellbeing Survey - the results are in!
Thank you to all of you who took the time to complete this year’s Carer Wellbeing Survey.
We have had an overwhelming response, with over 9,000 completed surveys! The research team at University of Canberra has spent the last few months collating the results which we are excited to release during National Carers Week.
Click the button below to read the report. If you would like a high-resolution copy of the report, please email us: [email protected].
Carer Wellbeing Survey Reports
About the Carer Wellbeing Survey
The Carer Wellbeing Survey asks people to share their experiences – past and present – of being a carer and the support services they use, including the Australian Government Carer Gateway. Participants can choose if they would like to complete a long or short version of the Survey and it is available in English, simplified Chinese, Arabic, Italian and Vietnamese.
The survey was designed in collaboration between the University of Canberra, the Department of Social Services, and Carers Australia.
Frequently Asked Questions
Carers take the responsibility of providing unpaid care to family, friends, and loved ones all across Australia. Carers are often presented challenging and complex caring duties. Therefore, researchers and advocates need to know more about how to support the wellbeing of carers, ensuring they have a high quality of life while providing quality of life to the people they care for. The National Carer Wellbeing Survey is addressing this gap; it seeks to build a comprehensive picture of the wellbeing of carers overtime, and how carers can best be supported.
The Survey is open to anyone over the age of 14 years who identifies as a carer – both currently caring or has been a carer in the past.
A carer is a person who looks after someone who has a disability, mental illness, drug or alcohol dependency, chronic condition, dementia, terminal or serious illness; or who is frail or needs care due to ageing. Caring is not their employment, but done as a family member or friend.
This includes carers:
- Who have their own care needs
- Who are in multiple care relationships
- Who have employment and/or education commitments
- Aged under 25 years (young carers)
- Aged over 65 years, including ‘grandparent carers’
- From culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- Who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI+)
- Who are living in rural and remote Australia, and
- Who are no longer in a caring role (former carers).
Taking part will help us better understand how many people are providing different forms of care across Australia, and better understand the needs of carers.
This information will be used by Carers Australia to support our work advocating for carers across Australia, and by the Department of Social Services in understanding whether Carer Gateway services are appropriately reaching carers.
For information about how your privacy is protected, and further details about the funding and conduct of this project, please see the Information Sheet available through the survey link.
You can call the research team on 1800 981 499, or email via [email protected]. You can also contact Carers Australia.
Roughly 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the type and level of care that is being provided.
All participants over the age of 14 who complete the survey prior to the 15th of April 2024 will be eligible to enter the draw to win one of 13 prizes worth a total of $5000.
Winners will have their choice of either (i) a Flight Centre, Coles-Myer, WISH, Bunnings, iTunes or Google Play Store gift card, with winner to choose which gift card they prefer, OR (ii) to donate their winnings to a registered charity of their choice: First prize: $1500; second prize: $1000; third prize: $500; 10 runner-up prizes of $200.
All prizes will be drawn at 2pm on 24th April 2024 at the Health Research Institute, Building 23, University Drive South, Bruce, ACT, 2617. The winner will be notified in writing, by email or post, within five working days of the prize draw