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Editor's note
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Canberra and Adelaide have been fooling themselves. They are no longer “20 minute cities”. The typical commute to work in Adelaide is now 56 minutes (28 minutes each way) up from 45 in 2002. The typical commute in Canberra is 51 minutes, up from 31.
In Sydney it’s 71 minutes, up from 61, and in Melbourne it’s 65, up from 59. Commuting is just one of the ways the so-called HILDA survey (Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia) shows us our lives are changing, in that case for the worse.
Published with Runing Ye and Liang Ma’s account of the commuting changes in The Conversation today is a quiz that will show you how your commute compares to those around you.
Australia’s statistical version of the British TV sensation Seven Up!, HILDA has been returning to the same 17,000 Australians and their families for 17 years now, tracking the way their lives are changing.
This morning The Conversation presents special reports from the latest HILDA survey on depression and anxiety, inter-ethnic relationships and the growing proportion of young people still living with their parents, as well as HILDA’s bread and butter – what’s happening to living standards. And there the news isn’t good. For the typical family they’ve been going backwards.
Enjoy this update on a slice of Australia.
Also, the lead author of this morning’s commuting piece will be available for a live Q&A at 3pm today. Got a question? Post it in the comments section of the article.
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Peter Martin
Section Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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Sydney has the longest average daily commuting time of 71 minutes, closely followed by Brisbane and Melbourne.
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Runing Ye, University of Melbourne; Liang Ma, RMIT University
Average commuting times for Australians have increased by 23% in 15 years. And those with long commutes are less satisfied with their work, working hours, work-life balance and even pay.
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Things were improving until 2009. HILDA finds there’s been little improvement since.
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The official figures show things are fine, but Australia's most comprehensive tracking survey finds the typical household is worse off than ten years ago.
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Work-family time and money challenges should be seen by governments as ideal opportunities for good policy-making.
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Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne
For families, the HILDA report has little good news – childcare costs, poverty and anxiety are rising, all while women are more involved in the labour market. But there is some reason to hope.
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Women are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression or anxiety as men.
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Anthony Jorm, University of Melbourne
Around 20% of young Australian women had a diagnosis of depression or anxiety in 2017 compared with 12.8% in 2009. But the proportion of people reporting significant symptoms has remained stable.
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Roger Wilkins, University of Melbourne; Esperanza Vera-Toscano, University of Melbourne
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Politics + Society
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