The issues perceived to be the most important by our young people
The latest instalment of Mission Australia's annual Youth Survey reveals mental health is now perceived to be the number one concern for young people aged 15 to 19 – the
first time in the survey's 16 year history.
Source: Bullot, A., Cave, L., Fildes, J., Hall, S. & Plummer, J. (2017).
'Mission Australia Youth Survey Report 2017', Mission Australia.
2017
Mental health
Equity and discrimination
Alcohol and drugs
International relations
Education The economy and
nancial matters
2016 2015 Key:
34% 21% 15% 32% 29% 27%
27% 27% 25% 14% 16% 13%
13% 12% 12% 13% 15% 19%
Each young participant was asked to write down the three issues they considered were
most important. Below are the percentages of survey participants who chose each of the six most identified to be important in Australia in the 2017 survey, and the trends since 2015.