Purpose: Monitoring public perceptions of quality of life, including community, culture and social networks.
Stimulus/Rationale:
Auckland Council collaborates with other New Zealand councils to manage, fund and administrate the Quality of Life Project which asks residents about perceptions of their quality of life.
Process:
The 2022 Quality of Life survey was a partnership between nine New Zealand councils. A random sample of residents aged 18 or over took part online or filled in paper questionnaires between March and June 2022.
In the 2022 Quality of Life Survey, just under half of Auckland residents (45%) considered racism towards particular groups of people to have been a problem in the last 12 months. 12% of residents felt they had experienced prejudice because of their ethnicity and 27% felt they had witnessed someone else being treated unfairly because of their ethnicity. 56% of residents felt that they and their identity were respected and valued and 72% of residents felt comfortable dressing in public in a way that expressed their identity. 66% of residents felt able to participate in activities aligned with their culture.
In previous surveys, residents had been asked about how they felt about people with different lifestyles and cultures, making Auckland a better place to live. In the 2016 Quality of Life survey, just over half (53%) of Aucklanders stated that 'New Zealand becoming home for an increasing number of people with different lifestyles and culture from different countries makes Auckland a better place to live.' This percentage was stable from 2014 climbing from 46% in 2012 but less than 63% in 2010.
Key documents: 2022 Quality of Life Survey for Auckland
