Australian Community Sector Survey 2019

This dataset provides information about Australia’s community sector in late 2019. It highlights the community sector’s characteristics and strengths as it works to address poverty and disadvantage. The survey was conducted by the Social Policy Research Centre in collaboration with Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and the COSS Network. The survey was completed by 1,454 community sector staff, including 406 people in organisational leadership positions. Questions were asked about community sector workers' experiences of working to address poverty and disadvantage; demand for community services and capacity to meet demand; perceptions of competition, collaboration and advocacy; and job characteristics, and working conditions. Additional questions were asked of survey respondents who were in leadership positions, including funding arrangements and financial position of their service; responses to financial pressure; financial institutions; and receipt of Equal Remuneration Supplementation from government funders. The Australian Community Sector Survey 2019 was the first conducted since The Australian Community Sector Survey 2014. However, while the broad goals of the surveys in 2014 and 2019 and approach to sampling were similar, the survey instrument was redeveloped for 2019.