Results at a glance 

Question	Survey 17 April 07	Survey 18 Oct 07	Survey 18.1* Feb 08	Survey 19 Apr / May 08	Survey 20 October 08	Survey 21 May 09	Survey 22 Sept 09	Survey 23 April 10	Survey 24 October 10	Survey 25 April 11
Personal Wellbeing
Aspects of life
- standard of living	78.25	78.33	78.12	76.30	77.25	78.79	79.84	79.64	79.07	78.74
- health	74.78	75.12	75.19	74.9	73.71	74.69	74.21	73.95	7374.17	74.18
- achievements in life	73.23	73.51	73.06	72.54	72.40	73.39	74.03	74.18	74.09	73.21
- personal relationships	79.23	79.22	77.18	78.65	79.60	79.42	79.71	81.52	79.98	79.24
- how safe you feel	80.12	80.19	80.01	79.29	80.25	80.74	80.75	78.63	80.61	80.87
- community connectedness	70.82	71.12	71.70	70.44	70.99	72.00	72.07	71.33	72.79	72.08
- future security	72.39	73.01	73.17	71.09	69.78	70.65	72.72	72.55	72.47	72.64
- Spirituality/religion	74.65	72.02	-	71.52	71.31	71.81	71.68	72.51	78.26	78.27
Personal wellbeing index	75.58	75.81	75.59	74.80	74.88	75.62	76.27	76.03	76.20	75.89
National Wellbeing
Aspects of life
- economic situation	68.19	70.88	-	62.41	58.54	59.91	66.50	64.95	66.27	64.67
- state of the environment	55.96	58.39	-	59.11	58.24	59.80	61.23	64.14	63.90	64.54
- social conditions	61.96	62.35	-	61.92	62.48	62.56	63.90	65.65	64.22	65.29
- how Australia is governed	53.97	56.10	-	61.45	58.79	57.70	59.17	54.61	51.57	50.72
- business	62.70	64.67	-	62.50	62.24	61.60	63.87	65.42	64.68	62.88
- national security	67.72	69.61	-	70.86	70.49	67.60	69.35	68.09	68.78	68.40
National wellbeing index	61.77	63.72	-	63.01	61.85	61.50	64.08	63.89	62.97	62.70
Likelihood of terrorist attack in Australia
% Who think it likely	62.50	49.40	-	46.40	39.70	38.40	51.50	50.30	45.70	44.60
Strength of likelihood	66.20	66.51	-	65.70	64.82	65.58	64.96	64.32	64.66	64.40

 * Please note Survey 18.1 was a 'mini' survey that involved a sample of 1,000 Australians (all other surveys are of 2,000 people) and included only the required number of questions to measure subjective wellbeing.