Results at a glance 

Question	Survey 14 Oct 05	Survey 15 May 06	Survey 16 Oct 06	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
Personal Wellbeing
Aspects of life
- standard of living	77.02	76.28	77.94	78.25	78.33	78.12	76.3	77.25	78.79	79.84
- health	75.68	74.25	74.66	74.78	75.12	75.19	74.9	73.71	74.69	74.21
- achievements in life	73.22	72.26	73.18	73.23	73.51	73.06	72.54	72.40	73.39	74.03
- personal relationships	78.59	78.11	77.95	79.23	79.22	77.18	78.65	79.60	79.42	79.71
- how safe you feel	79.29	79.03	77.83	80.12	80.19	80.01	79.29	80.25	80.74	80.75
- community connectedness	71.23	69.61	69.58	70.82	71.12	71.70	70.44	70.99	72.00	72.07
- future security	71.36	69.20	70.02	72.39	73.01	73.17	71.09	69.78	70.65	72.72
- Spirituality/religion	-	-	-	74.65	72.02	-	71.52	71.31	71.81	71.68
Personal wellbeing index	75.26	74.11	74.46	75.58	75.81	75.59	74.80	74.88	75.62	76.27
National Wellbeing
Aspects of life
- economic situation	66.86	66.05	66.68	68.19	70.88	-	62.41	58.54	59.91	66.50
- state of the environment	60.84	58.59	55.83	55.96	58.39	-	59.11	58.24	59.80	61.23
- social conditions	63.13	60.53	60.01	61.96	62.35	-	61.92	62.48	62.56	63.90
- how Australia is governed	53.70	53.31	52.61	53.97	56.10	-	61.45	58.79	57.70	59.17
- business	63.41	62.43	61.34	62.70	64.67	-	62.50	62.24	61.60	63.87
- national security	65.30	65.15	64.49	67.72	69.61	-	70.86	70.49	67.60	69.35
National wellbeing index	62.26	61.18	60.12	61.77	63.72	-	63.01	61.85	61.50	64.08
Likelihood of terrorist attack in Australia
% Who think it likely	73.40	59.90	61.90	62.50%	49.40	-	46.4	39.7	38.40	51.50
Strength of likelihood	69.96	67.21	67.91	66.20%	66.51	-	65.70	64.82	65.58	64.96

 * 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.