Mission Australia Youth Survey 2023

• A higher proportion of females reported studying full-time (90.2% compared with 81.7% of males and 80.5% of gender diverse The top issues identified by young people in 2023 were the environment (44.0%), equity and discrimination (31.4%), the economy and young people). [...] • Whereas a higher proportion of males and gender diverse young people reported studying part-time (10.2% males and 9.5% of We have seen increased awareness among young people this year about contemporary issues relating to the economy and financial gender diverse young people compared with 5.1% of females) or not studying (10.0% of gender diverse young people and 8.0% of matters, housing and home. [...] 42.0 47.8 • A higher proportion of female and gender diverse respondents reported they intend to get a job (48.9% of females and 47.8% of gender diverse young people compared with 42.0% of males) or have travel/gap year plans after leaving school (37.9% of females 32.5 and 34.1% of gender diverse young people compared with 25.1% of males). [...] 54.8 55% 53.1 52.7 • A higher proportion of females reported academic ability as a barrier (40.0% compared with 30.8% of males and 30.7% of gender 50.0 50% diverse young people), while a higher proportion of gender diverse young people and females reported financial difficulty as a 47.4 barrier (34.0% of gender diverse young people and 30.3% of females compared with 24.7% of males). [...] A higher proportion of males said they had complete control over their lives (15.3% compared with 8.0% of gender diverse young • Over two in five (44.9%) gender diverse young people said they felt lonely most of the time or all of the time, almost double that of people and 5.5% of females), while more gender diverse young people said they had no control (8.9% compared with 2.1% of females females.