About the survey

Each year, Mission Australia runs a survey inviting young people to answer questions about themselves, their concerns and their views about a range of issues. It’s the largest survey of young people in Australia.

If you’re aged 14 to 19 years old, we encourage you to share your feedback by taking part in this year’s survey. If you have a family member, friend, classmate or workmate in this age group, please also share this opportunity to complete this youth survey.

Why it's important

This survey gather insights about young people, their values and concerns. Mission Australia collates the results to produce a report that can help shape local policies, programs and support services for organisations in our community.

Your feedback can:

• provide Mission Australia with a better understanding of the needs and gaps within the youth sector
• help Mission Australia understand the most pressing concerns of young people in Boroondara
• assist in creating initiatives that reflect youth feedback and priorities.

What does the survey ask?

You’ll be asked things like:

• how you would describe your community and the services available to you
• your thoughts on current youth programs
• what improvements or new initiatives you'd like to see to programs and services for young people.

Survey closes on Friday 15 August 2025. The public report will be available to the community in early 2026.

When completing the survey, please skip and press ‘next’ when asked to provide a code.

The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete. All answers will be anonymous, confidential and reported or published as a group. Most of the questions require you to check a box to indicate you response (such as yes/no questions or scales that rate the response from 1 to 5). There are a small number of questions that allow for free-text responses.

Mission Australia’s Youth Survey has obtained Human Research Ethics Committee approval from the University of Melbourne.