It has been nearly 12 months since our supermarket shelves have returned to normal and panic buying has become a thing of the past. Unfortunately, The Tasmania Project’s latest survey in May 2021 indicates that food insecurity continues to affect close to 1 in 5 Tasmanian respondents to the survey. Is this the new normal […]

This report includes data from The Tasmania Project Wellbeing Survey commissioned by the secretariat to the Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council (PESRAC) to support the Council formulate its final recommendations. These were released on 16 March 2021. It highlights key findings which show important differences in health and wellbeing, income and work, and […]

The May 2021 Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot provides an overview of interstate and overseas migration to and from Tasmania for the year ended 30 June 2020, based on analysis of data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in April 2021. Prepared by Jacqueline De Vries, Data Analyst, University of Tasmania To read the […]

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The April 2021 Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot provides an overview of estimated resident population (ERP) regional population change in Tasmania for the year ending 30 June 2020, based on analysis of data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in March 2021. Prepared by Jacqueline De Vries, Data Analyst, University of Tasmania To read […]

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In a series of in-depth interviews with The Tasmania Project team, Tasmanians aged 30 and under have cited employment as a reason to leave Tasmania, and security during the pandemic as a reason to stay. Many are unsure if they will remain in Tasmania in the long-term. You can read the full report here.

The University of Tasmania, through the Institute for Social Change, has been a research partner on the Tasmanian Government’s Anticipatory Care project. The project has seen four communities around Tasmania try out new ways of delivering anticipatory care. The four communities are Ulverstone, Flinders Island, Northern suburbs of Launceston, and Clarence. The research component of […]

The March 2021 Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot provides an overview of Australian demographic statistics for the year ending September 2020, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in March 2021, from the perspective of the state of Tasmania. Prepared by Jacqueline De Vries, Data Analyst, University of Tasmania To read the full report please […]

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What is important for young Tasmanians? What are they concerned about? What do they see as a ‘good life’? This report explores these questions by drawing on data collected by the Institute for Social Change to inform the Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council (full report available here) and as part of the Young People’s Voices […]

In November 2020, the Institute for Social Change (ISC) was commissioned by the secretariat to the Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council (PESRAC) to carry out research to help inform COVID-19 recovery strategies. The research comprised an online survey and a series of in-depth interviews and was organised around the idea of ‘What makes a good […]

The January 2021 Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot provides an overview of Australian demographic statistics for the year ending June 2020, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in December 2020, from the perspective of the state of Tasmania. Prepared by Jacqueline De Vries, Data Analyst, University of Tasmania To read the full report please […]

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