The National Carer Survey
Every two years Carers NSW, together with the Australian State and Territory Carer Organisations, conducts a comprehensive survey to better understand what carers want and need.
The 2024 National Carer Survey
A big THANK YOU to the more than 11,000 carers from across Australia – including over 2,000 from NSW – who responded to this year’s National Carer Survey!
The Survey closed on 31 July 2024. Paper copies will still be accepted until the end of August 2024. The participant prize draw will take place on 30 August 2024, winners will be contacted via e-mail.
First results will be published during National Carers Week in October 2024, with a full report scheduled for early 2025.
Please direct any questions about the 2024 National Carer Survey to the Carers NSW Research team at research@carersnsw.org.au or phone 02 9280 4744.
2024 National Carer Survey downloads
About the National Carer Survey
The National Carer Survey is a great way for carers to provide feedback about what is and isn’t working in their caring role, and in the various service systems they access. This information helps Carers NSW and other organisations who work with carers advocate for better support and outcomes for carers.
Carers NSW receives funding from the NSW Department of Communities and Justice to conduct the Carer Survey every two years. Since 2020, the Carer Survey has been conducted Australia-wide with the support of the State and Territory Carer Organisations as the National Carer Survey.
For more information about the National Carer Survey, please phone the Carers NSW Research Team or email research@carersnsw.org.au.
If you would like more information on how the data is used and what impact your participation has, please see the National Carer Survey Impact Statement for download below.
2022 National Carer Survey
The 2022 National Carer Survey was conducted during June and July 2022 and received 6,825 valid responses from across Australia, including 1,352 responses from NSW.
The full report was released on 16 October 2023.
Full Report
Fact sheets on different groups of carers and briefings on key topics of interest are being published on a regular basis and can be downloaded below. Resources are grouped by release date, with the most recent releases listed first.
June 2024
July 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
October 2022
The following highlights briefings were published during National Carers Week 2022.
For more information about the 2022 National Carer Survey, please phone the Carers NSW Research Team or email research@carersnsw.org.au.
2020 National Carer Survey
In 2020 the Carers NSW biennial Carer Survey was conducted nationally for the first time, with the support of the National Carer Network. A summary report was launched on Sunday 11 October 2020 to mark the beginning of National Carers Week.
2020 Fact sheets
Below are a series of infographic-style fact sheets on different cohorts of carers.
For more information about the 2020 National Carer Survey, please phone the Carers NSW Research Team or email research@carersnsw.org.au.
Previous Carer Surveys
Carers NSW has been delivering Carer Surveys for over 40 years. In 2016, for the 40th anniversary of Carers NSW, the 40 years of Carer Surveys in NSW report was published to overview the history of carer research in NSW.
To see other reports or resources from previous Carers NSW Carer Surveys, visit our Policy and Resource Resources webpage.
