Social Research Centre

Social Research Centre World-class survey research and evaluation services and sophisticated survey design.

The Social Research Centre provides all sectors across Australia with access to world-class social science research services, including survey design, data management, analytical and qualitative skills. Our motivation stems from the desire to not only undertake high-quality quantitative and qualitative research that informs decision-making but to also have positive social impact and advance our un

derstanding of Australian society. We are proud of the methodological rigour we infuse across our offerings as it results in the highest quality insights for our clients. Our experts work across Australia, partnering with federal, state and local government; not-for-profit organisations, academia and mission-aligned commercial clients. We help create new knowledge and guide decisions in areas ranging from overall Australian society to education and training, health and wellbeing, employment transitions and the labour market, and social cohesion. We specialise in research with and about marginalised and vulnerable communities and assessing service experiences and outcomes. In 2016, we launched Australia’s first probability online panel, Life in Australia TM, giving Australian researchers, policymakers, academics, and business leaders ready access to a scientifically sampled cross-section of the Australian community. The Social Research Centre is owned by the Australian National University (ANU) giving us unprecedented access to ANU researchers and its world-class research environment. In addition to more than 90 professional staff, we have an extensive data collection capacity. This includes more than 300 interviewers working remotely with interviewing capability in 25 languages, as well as the ability to undertake online, mail and mixed-mode surveys.

Go team SRC!
13/11/2024

Go team SRC!

🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️ What legends! Our amazing team members hit St Kilda on Sunday for the Melbourne Half Ironman event - taking on a massive 1.9km swim, 90km ride…

23/02/2024

The 2023 GOS-L National Report has been released!

Findings show that more than 90 per cent of graduates that completed higher education qualifications in 2019 were in full-time employment in 2023. These graduates had a slower start in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia but have benefited from a strong labour market three years later.

Be sure to check out the QILT website at https://ow.ly/sVOf50QH09F for more information.

New research based on the Child Maltreatment Study by Australian Catholic University's Institute of Child Protection Stu...
25/01/2024

New research based on the Child Maltreatment Study by Australian Catholic University's Institute of Child Protection Studies. Some contributing research by the Social Research Centre's Dr Stephen Cuttriss.

Australians with diverse sexualities or genders are three times more likely to experience child maltreatment than heterosexual Australians or cisgendered males.

Australians with diverse sexualities or genders are also significantly more likely to experience multiple forms of child maltreatment as well as being most at risk of all five types – physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence.

Key findings from 16-24 years olds
• 17.7% identified with a diverse sexuality
• 2.3% identified with a diverse gender
• 90.5% diverse gender respondents experienced maltreatment
• 85.3% sexually diverse respondents experienced maltreatment (compared with 56.2% of heterosexuals)

The significant over-representation of gender and sexuality diverse Australians experiencing child maltreatment shows we need to develop more targeted policies and services along with greater acceptance and recognition of this diversity.

The data might also explain some of the health disparities including mental health challenges that have been found for gender and sexuality diverse people.

The article is here:

PDF | This study presents the most comprehensive national prevalence estimates of diverse gender and sexuality identities in Australians, and the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

See you on the other side!Wishing you a great summer break. 🥳
21/12/2023

See you on the other side!
Wishing you a great summer break. 🥳

A special lunchtime trip for 12 of us yesterday to support Cancer Council Victoria's beautiful Daffodil Day fundraiser. ...
01/09/2023

A special lunchtime trip for 12 of us yesterday to support Cancer Council Victoria's beautiful Daffodil Day fundraiser. A brilliant $1,045,115 was raised over the two days! 💛🌼

Go Matildas… you got this!!!
16/08/2023

Go Matildas… you got this!!!

21/06/2023

Thrilled to have had multiple papers accepted for the Australian Statistical Conference 2023🍾at which we’re also a Gold Sponsor.

Here is the listing:

Treatment of Gender in Weighting and Estimation (Sandra Ropero, SRC);

Combining Online Survey Data and Area-Level External Data to Create Local Estimates of Social Cohesion in Australia (Andrew Ward and Sam Slamowicz, SRC, and Farzana Jahan, QUT);

Probability-Based Panel Performance Compared to Other Survey Modes: More Australian Evidence (Benjamin Phillips, Dina Neiger, Darren Pennay, Sam Slamowicz, and Sandra Ropero, all SRC) and

Video-Assisted Live Interviewing in Comparison to Other Survey Methods in Australia (Dina Neiger, Benjamin Phillips, Sam Slamowicz, Grant Lester, and Sam Luddon at the SRC and Emma Farrell, Kirsten Gerlach, and Phil Carmo at the ABS).

Thank you to the ASC and congratulations to everyone involved!

The 2023 Lowy Poll is out: China, Russia = bad (but not worse than last year). Find the full results of the 2023 Lowy In...
21/06/2023

The 2023 Lowy Poll is out: China, Russia = bad (but not worse than last year). Find the full results of the 2023 Lowy Institute Poll, historical data and analysis from at

The 2023 Lowy Institute Poll captures Australian attitudes to the world in the wake of extraordinary shocks to the global order. At this moment, the Poll reveals how Australians view major powers and world leaders, the threats facing the nation, and the risk of conflict in the region. It shows how a...

We’re delighted to have fielded ground-breaking research on Australian women’s use of ‘egg timer’ tests for Tessa Copp a...
15/06/2023

We’re delighted to have fielded ground-breaking research on Australian women’s use of ‘egg timer’ tests for Tessa Copp and colleagues at Sydney Health Literacy Lab on our panel:

The ‘egg timer’ blood test is marketed as an empowering way to give women insights to help them plan when to have children. Problem is, it can’t deliver what it promises.

07/06/2023

The Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System (the Review) will make recommendations for Education Ministers to inform the next agreement to improve education outcomes in Australia and meet the current and future needs of students

31/03/2023

Last month we announced closer ties with the Korean General Social Survey 🇰🇷. The - and other East Asian Social Survey members (China 🇨🇳, Japan 🇯🇵 and Taiwan 🇹🇼) - will replicate our Round 12 questions. Our questions have already been replicated in the General Social Survey (NORC at the University of Chicago 🇺🇸), Life in Australia panel (Social Research Centre 🇦🇺) and South African Social Attitudes Survey (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) 🇿🇦).

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Have you ever thought about VET as an option for you? Yes or no, we'd like to hear your thoughts!
30/03/2023

Have you ever thought about VET as an option for you? Yes or no, we'd like to hear your thoughts!

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