On this page you will find our research and data reports. These reports provide information about Merri-bek and its community.

We use these reports to inform our decision making on planning for service delivery, and program, policy and strategy development. 

Community organisations such as our key partners and stakeholders also use these reports and data to design their programs across Merri-bek.

Research reports A-Z

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 

A

• Addiction - Health profile: Alcohol, tobacco and gambling environment (Dec 2020) (PDF)

B

C

• Community surveys - this information is in our Community surveys section

D

• Demographics - Age groups: children and elderly (Mar 2020) (PDF)
• Demographics - Early years and youth: Cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD) brief (Apr 2021) (PDF)
• Disabilities - People living with a disability (Apr 2020) (PDF)

E

• Early Years - Early years and youth profile (Apr 2021) (PDF)
• Economy - Health profile: Healthy livelihoods (Dec 2020) (PDF)
• Education - Learning environment (Dec 2020) (PDF)
• Education - Early years and youth: Education and employment brief (Apr 2021) (PDF)
• Employment - Resident unemployment profile (Oct 2021) (PDF)

F

• Families - Families with young children (PDF)
• Families - Family violence (Apr 2020) (PDF)
• Finance - Households experiencing financial hardship (Sept 2020) (PDF)
• Food - healthy food environment (Dec 2020) (PDF)
• Forecasts - this information is available in our Population and forecasts section

G

• Gambling – this information is available in section A under 'addiction'
• Glenroy - Glenroy Community Profile (PDF)

H

• Health - Early years and youth: Health and wellbeing brief (Apr 2021) (PDF)
• Health - Health profile: Mental Health (Dec 2020) (PDF)
• Health - Health profile: Physical health (Dec 2020) (PDF)
• Health - Merri-bek health & wellbeing profile (Dec 2020) (PDF)
• Household Survey - this information is in our Community surveys section
• Housing - Early years and youth: Housing and homelessness (Apr 2021) (PDF)
• Housing - People living alone (Apr 2020) (PDF)
• Housing - Health profile: Safe and affordable housing (Dec 2020) (PDF)

I

• Infrastructure - Health profile: Local living (Dec 2020) (PDF)
• Internet - households without internet access (Apr 2020) (PDF)

J

K

L

• Language - People with English language barriers (Mar 2020) (PDF)

M

N

O

• Older people - Older people in Merri-bek (Aug 2020) (PDF)
• Open space - Health profile: Active and green living (Dec 2020) (PDF)

P

• Participation - Health profile: Local identity and participation (Dec 2020) (PDF)
• Population - Early years and youth: Current & future population brief (Apr 2021) (PDF)
• Population – this information is available in our Population and forecasts section

Q

R

S

• Safety - Health profile: Safe environment (Dec 2020) (PDF)

T

• Transport - Health profile: Moving around (Dec 2020) (PDF)

U

• Unemployment - this information is available in section E under 'employment'

V

W

X

Y

Z

Please email the research team at research@moreland.vic.gov.au if you can't find the information you are looking for.

Populations and Forecasts

You can find more information about our forecasts on our Population and housing forecasts page.

You can also email research@moreland.vic.gov.au or call 9240 1111 to talk to us about population and housing forecasts.

Community surveys

We conduct several regular community surveys. These include the Household Survey, the Community Indicators Survey, and the Community Satisfaction Survey. Download the reports below. Please contact the research team at research@moreland.vic.gov.au for more information and/or data from any of Merri-bek's surveys.

Community Satisfaction Survey

The community satisfaction surveys we have available are:

• Community satisfaction survey 2022 (Part A) (PDF 3.3KB)
• Community satisfaction survey 2022 (Part B) (PDF 3KB)
• Community satisfaction survey 2021 (Part A) (PDF)
• Community satisfaction survey 2021 (Part B) (PDF)
• Community satisfaction survey 2020 (PDF)

Community Indicators Survey

The community indicators surveys we have available are:

• Community indicators report 2018 (PDF)

Household Survey

The Moreland Household Survey 2015, 2017, and 2019 (PDF) report contains Merri-bek Household Survey results from 2015, 2017, and 2019. The survey datasets and results were revised and adjusted as a part of an independent expert review of the survey in 2020.

You can email the Research Team at research@moreland.vic.gov.au for further information.

Health and wellbeing profile

The Moreland health and wellbeing profile (Dec 2020) (PDF) was updated in December 2020.

You can find out about our Public health and wellbeing plan on our Community wellbeing and human rights page.

Early years and youth profile

The Early years and youth profile (Apr 2021) (PDF) was updated in April 2021.

The Profile provides data on children and young people in Merri-bek across the following five areas:

• Current and future population
• Cultural and linguistic diversity
• Education and employment
• Housing and homelessness
• Health and wellbeing

Other information sources

In addition to our own research and data, there are other information sources on the ID Community website. This website has pages on Merri-bek's community profile and our economic profile based on information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other reputable sources.