Communal disadvantage
Learn about persistent communal disadvantage in Australia in our series of reports spanning 20 years.
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Communal disadvantage
Dropping Off the Edge 2021
Dropping off the Edge 2021 is the fifth instalment in a research series, clearly showing that complex and entrenched disadvantage is experienced by a small but persistent number of locations in each state and territory across Australia. As a society we cannot, and should not, turn away from the challenge of persistent and entrenched locational disadvantage, no matter how difficult it may be to solve the problem.
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Communal disadvantage
Dropping off the Edge 2015
Dropping Off the Edge 2015 shows that complex and entrenched disadvantage is experienced by a small but persistent number of locations in each Australian state and territory.
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Communal disadvantage
Life Satisfaction and Happiness
Life Satisfaction and Happiness shows that health, individual choice, local community and family relationships are better predictors of happiness and satisfaction than income.
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Communal disadvantage
Moving from the Edge
Moving From the Edge tells stories of achieving greater social inclusion in Australia. Through case studies, it personalises the policies and discussions about social inclusion.
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Communal disadvantage
Dropping Off the Edge
This first edition of Dropping Off the Edge identifies and describes the complex web of disadvantage that ensnares generations of Australians. The report uncovers the factors that must be solved for these communities, and our nation, to thrive.
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Communal disadvantage
Community Adversity and Resilience
Community Adversity and Resilience follows on from Unequal in Life (1999), by measuring the concentrations of disadvantage according to postcode areas in New South Wales and Victoria. It proposes that certain innate characteristics be promoted to build greater cohesion rather than social exclusion.
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Communal disadvantage
Unequal in Health
Access to comprehensive health services is one of the most important needs of Australians who experience social disadvantage. This report maps how effectively access to health services is occurring in populations of the most disadvantaged postcodes in New South Wales and Victoria.
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Communal disadvantage
Unequal in Life
Unequal in Life investigates the distribution of social disadvantage in Victorian and New South Wales by postcode.