In FY23/24, local governments collected over 75,000 survey responses from more than 1,360 surveys throughout Australia using the Culture Counts Evaluation Platform. Using the data collected from a range of stakeholders including communities, audiences, visitors and businesses, we have released an online benchmark report highlighting the key findings.
The report shows the total number of local government sector surveys and responses in the Culture Counts database, and insights into the demographic mix, location and experience of respondents. A key focus of the data is the important outcomes generated by local governments through their evaluated events, programs and activities.
Over 221,000 dimension question responses were recorded. This provides a very comprehensive picture of the outcomes generated by local governments from their evaluated activities with key outcome achievements including:
- Building community pride: 91% of respondents felt proud of their community
- Creating attractive places to live, work and visit: 94% of respondents enjoyed the vibrancy and activity in their community
- Promoting health and wellbeing: 88% of respondents experienced positive impacts to their physical health and mental wellbeing
Local governments can use this benchmark data to gain confidence in choosing the right metrics, compare against their own results, and set KPIs for the coming year:
- View outcomes associated with cultural and community experiences
- Demographic, marketing and tourism insights
- Apply benchmark statistics to better align with community, place and cultural planning policies
Click here to access the report, or contact us to discuss incorporating benchmarks into your council online insights reports.
