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Happiness in Australia | The National Happiness Barometer

HAPPINESS IN AUSTRALIA know the times mccrindle mccrindle.com.au research TODAY COMPARED WITH S YEARS AGO 5 % MORE HAPPY 41% EQUALLY 54" HAPPY |% LESS Overall, how happy do you think Australians are today compared to 5 years ago? COMPARED TO AVERAGE (TOTAL POPULATION) 29%MORE MORE НАРPY 53 HAPPY 17" HAPPY % EQUALLY НАРPY % LESS How happy would you say you are compared to the average Australian? COMPARED TO AVERAGE (BY INCOME) $$$$$ 21% LESS НАРPY 30% $$$$$ 44% HAPPY %24 MORE НАРPY LESS HAPPY MORE BELOW $49K (QUINTILE 1) $$$$$ ABOoVE $80K (QUINTILE 5) HOW HAPPY ARE YOU? (TOTAL POPULATION) 31% 33% 13% 15% VERY HAPPY SLIGHTLY HAPPY SIGNIFICANTLY HAPPY MODERATELY HAPPY UFE SATISFACTION, WELLBEING & FULFILLMENT (BY INCOME) 20% 16% $$$ BELOW AVG $- INCOME ABOVE AVG $$$ 11% 6 8% O $$$ Totals 55% and comprises those significantly above and below average, and excludes 45% in the average categories. know the times mccrindle mccrindle.com.au research BELOW AVG ABOVE AVG, SATISFACTION :(

Happiness in Australia | The National Happiness Barometer

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To mark the inaugural UN-declared International Day of Happiness on March 20, 2013 we’ve put together the National Happiness Barometer. This research shows that as a nation, we don’t feel as ha... ppy as we did 5 years ago. For every person who feels that we are happier than we were in 2008, 11 people say we’re not as happy. More than half of the population state that they are about average in happiness, 29% say they are happier than average, and 17% are less happy than average. This research indicates that an awareness of where one’s income sits compared to average influences one’s perception of happiness. Simply put, people who know they earn more than average feel that they must be happier than average as well. So the take away: true happiness is not related to earnings, not based on how others compare, and while it can be influenced by, it is not determined by our external environment.