The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies.

​The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. It produces important information about the changing views and attitudes of Australians as we move through the 21st century. Similar surveys are run in other countries, so data from AuSSA survey also allows us to compare Australia with countries all over the world.

The aims of the survey are to discover:

- the range of Australians’ views on topics that are important to all of us;
- how these views differ for people in different circumstances;
- how they have changed over the past quarter century; and
- how they compare with people in other countries.​

AuSSA is also the Australian component of the International Social Survey Project (ISSP). The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration on surveys covering important topics. Each year, survey researchers in some 40 countries each do a national survey using the same questions.

You can view information on the content of the AuSSA surveys and datasets on the IRISS metadata registry
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Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2023
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2023
Sep 11, 2025
McNeil, Nicola; McEachern, Steven; Tranter, Bruce; Wilson, Shaun, 2025, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2023", https://doi.org/10.26193/S6DCCZ, ADA Dataverse, V1
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2021
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2021
Mar 13, 2025
McNeil, Nicola; McEachern, Steven; Tranter, Bruce; Wilson, Shaun, 2023, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2021", https://doi.org/10.26193/AH8VKX, ADA Dataverse, V4
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2020
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2020
May 7, 2024
McNeil, Nicola; McEachern, Steven; Tranter, Bruce; Wilson, Shaun, 2021, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2020", https://doi.org/10.26193/C86EZG, ADA Dataverse, V5
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2018
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2018
Jul 25, 2023
Evans, Ann; McNeil, Nicola; McEachern, Steve; Tranter, Bruce; Wilson, Shaun, 2018, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2018", https://doi.org/10.26193/1U0HNI, ADA Dataverse, V5
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2022
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2022
Jul 13, 2023
McNeil, Nicola; McEachern, Steven; Tranter, Bruce; Wilson, Shaun, 2023, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2022", https://doi.org/10.26193/SKK7EV, ADA Dataverse, V2
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2019
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2019
Jun 6, 2023
McNeil, Nicola; Evans, Ann; McEachern, Steve; Tranter, Bruce; Wilson, Shaun, 2020, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2019", https://doi.org/10.26193/IWGB1F, ADA Dataverse, V4
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2015
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2015
Jul 21, 2021
Blunsdon, Betsy; Evans, Ann, 2017, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2015", https://doi.org/10.4225/87/T5BNZ7, ADA Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:g39kEM1vZX9XfttXDcsNaA== [fileUNF]
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2017
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2017
Jul 20, 2021
Blunsdon, Betsy; Evans, Ann; McEachern, Steven; McNeil, Nicola, 2018, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2017", https://doi.org/10.26193/JZKRD8, ADA Dataverse, V3
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2016
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2016
Sep 27, 2019
Blunsdon, Betsy; Evans, Ann; McNeil, Nicola; McEachern, Steven, 2018, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2016", https://doi.org/10.26193/HAQ1UX, ADA Dataverse, V2
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. I...
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2005
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2005
Nov 13, 2017
Wilson, Shaun; Gibson, Rachel; Meagher, Gabrielle; Denemark, David; Western, Mark, 2017, "Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2005", https://doi.org/10.4225/87/SRXRC6, ADA Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:QiMLTRqsYg//jS6HfPPAnA== [fileUNF]
The 2005 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is the second in a biennial series that studies social attitudes and behaviour of Australian citizens for the Australian and international research community. AuSSA provides cross-sectional data on the social attitudes and behaviour of Australians, repeating a core questionnaire for each cross-...
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