The Resilient Youth Australia survey collects, analyses, and reports the resilience, mental health, and wellbeing data of young people in Brimbank schools.
Over the past five years, Brimbank Youth Services, in partnership with local schools and Resilient Youth Australia, have surveyed over 40,000 students from grade 4 to year 12.
The Resilience Survey was developed by Resilient Youth Australia in collaboration with the Department of Psychology at the University of South Australia.
It incorporates six international gold standard measures of mental health: life satisfaction, hope, coping, anxiety, depression, and connection to nature.
Brimbank Youth Services, Brimbank schools, and local agencies, and organisations use the data results and subsequent analysis to help guide strategic planning and implementation of initiatives.
The survey is anonymous, non-identified, compared to Australian norms and all data is aggregated. Impactful data from 2021-2025 is available right now.
Read our findings from 2024:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many schools have surveyed their students?
35 different Primary & Secondary Schools have surveyed students since 2021.
Surveys are conducted annually, and most schools have surveyed students at least three times.
Some school have surveyed students every year for the past five years.
I would like more information about the survey, its use, data, benefits, access and analysis. Can someone help me?
Yes! If you’d like more information, please contact us at bys@brimbank.vic.gov.au.
My school would like to survey students, how do we go about doing that?
No cost access to the survey is granted to all Brimbank Schools in 2026.
Please contact Brimbank Youth Services at bys@brimbank.vic.gov.au for more information.
My organisation would like access to the survey data. Is this ok, and how do I get the data?
2024 data is available via this page. Data from 2021 – 2023 can be obtained by contacting Brimbank Youth Services via bys@brimbank.vic.gov.au.
Would you like to understand how the survey can positively impact schools?
Here is a video from Brimbank’s Sunshine Heights Primary School.