Methodology
The Housing Monitor survey was conducted online by Essential Research, with panel members being invited to participate and complete the questions in their own time without an interviewer present. The survey generally took around 15 to 20 minutes to complete. The target population was people aged 18 or over living in Australia.
The total number of surveys completed was 4733. Quotas were applied to be representative of the target population by age, gender and location. RIM and cell weighting was applied to the data using information sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). The factors used in the weighting were age, gender, location as well as an adjustment for previous vote (May 2022 Federal Election). The rim weight efficiency was 90% with an effective sample size of 4245 which has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5% at the 50% figure.
The survey was programmed and hosted by Dynata, an international online sampling and data collection organisation.
All Essential Research staff hold Research Society membership and are bound by professional codes of behaviour. This research is compliant with the Australian Polling Council Quality Mark standards. The Australian Polling Council standards can be found here.
Housing monitor Survey 2022 fieldwork dates: 13th – 23rd December 2022.
A copy of the survey can be found here.
