Youth Mental Health Survey 2026

  • Youth Mental Health Survey 2026

  • The Youth Mental Health Community Survey 2026 aims to collect information from the Central Highlands Community about youth mental health.

    headspace Ballarat will use the information collected to plan, deliver, and evaluate projects that meet the needs identified by the community. This survey will gather information from a range of community members including young people, parents and carers, and professionals. The survey aligns with headspace Ballarat's Community Engagement objectives:

    -  Increase mental health activities, education and supports for young people and their networks

    -  Improve targeted mental health education and engagement for young men and women

    -  Strengthen family and friends participation in headspace Ballarat

    - Empower the Youth Reference Group (YRG) to lead community‑responsive initiatives

    If you find that you or someone you know is in need of support, please consider the following resources:
    - headspace's 7 Tips for a Healthy headspace offer a number of day-to-day and achievable strategies to try to help you look after your health
    https://headspace.org.au/tips/
    - For immediate supports for yourself or someone you know, please get in touch with:
    - Lifeline: 13 11 14
    - Suicide Callback Service: 1300 659 467
    - Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636

  • Tell us about you

  • How best would you identify your primary role?*
  • What is your current education/employment status?*
  • Do you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander?*
  • Do you identify as culturally and/or linguistically diverse?*
  • Which best describes your gender?*
  • Where in the Central-Highlands do you live?*
  • How long have you lived in the Central-Highlands area?*
  • Do you identify as Neurodivergent?*

  • Loneliness & Connection

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  • When needing support (mental health support, or general help) who do you reach to first?*

  • Service Access

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  • Stress & Livability

  • Which area of life-satisfaction do you believe has the most barriers, or most difficulty?*
  • If any, which of the following financial issues have caused you stress in the past 12 months? (Choose up to 3)
  • Which global or social issues worry you the most? (Choose up to 3)
  • Should be Empty: