Research and Information
Fairfield Conversations 2017
In 2017 Council consulted over 80 people and identified 9 priority areas. 92% of identified priorities and solutions have had some work on them since 2017.
Want to know about issues that affect Fairfield?
Useful websites to visit for more information
Research report
We have collated many reports on Community Service Issues. The downloadable PDFs below are categorised by Author, Date, Title. If you know of any useful reports the sector would benefit from them, please send the document or link to socialplanning@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Child Protection
Council Strategies
COVID-19
- ACOSS, 2020, Australia's Community Sector and COVID-19 - Supporting Communities through Crisis(PDF, 4MB)
- DCJ, 2020, Impact of COVID 19 on the NSW Volunteering Sector(PDF, 451KB)
- Donor Republic, 2020, Coronavirus impact on fundraising(PDF, 4MB)
- Equity Economics - NCOSS, 2020, A Wave of Disadvantage across NSW - Impact of COVID-19 Recession(PDF, 3MB)
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, 2020, Aged care and COVID-19 special report(PDF, 651KB)
- University of Newcastle, 2020, Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on NSW schools(PDF, 1MB)
- Womens Safety NSW, 2020, Continued impacts of COVID-19 on Domestic and Family Violence(PDF, 647KB)
- (PDF, 647KB)Community Wellbeing during COVID 19 2021 Survey Insights Report 1(PDF, 2MB)
Disadvantage
- Anglicare, 2018, Going it alone - A study of Lone Person Households, Social Isolation and Disadvantage in Sydney(PDF, 3MB)
- Anglicare, 2020, Rental affordability snapshot(PDF, 2MB)
- NSW GOV, 2019, South Western Sydney District Data Profile(PDF, 737KB)
- UNSW, 2020, Poverty in Australia(PDF, 1MB)
Family & Domestic Violence
General
Health
- AIHW, 2018, The health of Australian Men(PDF, 2MB)
- AIHW, 2018, The health of Australian Women(PDF, 2MB)
- Jean Hailes for Women's Health, 2020, National Women's Health Survey(PDF, 789KB)
- LaTrobe, 2021, Writing Themselves in 4, the health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ Young People in Australia(PDF, 9MB)
- NSW GOV, 2019, South Western Sydney District Data Profile(PDF, 737KB)
Inclusion
- AIHW, 2020, People with disability in Australia(PDF, 8MB)
- LGBTQA+ Inclusive language DOs and DON'T(PDF, 32KB)
- Mission Australia, 2020, Annual Youth Survey Report(PDF, 5MB)
- Southern Cross University, 2020, FAMS Telepractice in Family Work Study - Summary of interim findings(PDF, 615KB)
- WSU, 2020, Advancing LGBTQ+ Safety and Inclusion(PDF, 8MB)