Essential Report
Happiness
Q. How happy or unhappy are you with each of the following parts of your personal situation? Average rating (out of 10)
Total | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |
My life overall | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
My personal/family life | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
My spiritual life | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.6 |
My social life | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
My work life | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
My financial situation | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
- On Average, Australians rate their happiness with their life overall at 6.7 out of 10. They are most happy with their family/personal life (7.1 out of 10), and least with their work life (5.3 out of 10) and financial situation (5.2 out of 10).
- Overall, those aged over 55 are happier with their life (7.1) than 18-34 year olds (6.7) and 35-54 (6.3). Older Australian more highly rate their happiness with their personal/family life (7.6), social life (6.6) and financial situation (5.6).
- Tasmania is the happiest state in Australia (7.2), but Western Australia has the lowest happiness score of 6.3 out of 10. Western Australians’ happiness scores for personal family life (6.7) and financial situation (4.7) are the lowest in the country.

COVID-19 RESEARCH
Read Essential's ongoing research on the public response to Covid-19.
Essential Report
In this week's report:
- Performance of Scott Morrison
- Performance of Anthony Albanese
- Preferred Prime Minister
- Views towards re-electing the federal Coalition government
- Party trust to handle issues
- Importance of Australia’s international reputation
- Scott Morrison’s impact on Australia’s international reputation
- Views towards Australia’s international reputation
Sign up for updates
Receive the Essential Report in your inbox.Essential Tags
2PP
Abbott
ALP
Anthony Albanese
Approval of opposition leader
Approval of Tony Abbott
asylum seekers
Australian economy
Bill Shorten
Carbon Tax
climate change
coronavirus
covid-19
economy
Education
Election
EMC
environment
ER
Essential Media
Essential Report
Federal Budget
Federal Government
federal politics
Gillard
Greens
Julia Gillard
kevin rudd
Labor
Labor Party
Liberal
Liberal Party
Liberals
mining
Nationals
Opposition leader
peter lewis
Polling
polls
Prime Minister
Scott Morrison
tony abbott
two party preferred
voting
Voting intention
Recent Comments
