Parenting Today in Victoria: a comprehensive survey

Title: Parenting Today in Victoria
Author: Parenting Research Centre
Updated: 2022

Visit the 2022 Parenting Today in Victoria website for the latest results.

The Parenting Today in Victoria survey is the most comprehensive look at the concerns, needs and behaviours of Victorian parents ever conducted. Repeating the survey regularly provides an opportunity to measure changes in parents’ experiences to ensure that parenting policies and programs can reflect Victorian families’ contemporary experiences.

In 2016, 2019 and 2022, we asked 2600 parents more than 100 questions – and what we found will fill essential gaps in our knowledge about how parents are coping and their relationships with their children. The 2022 survey was conducted when the community was emerging from a period of adjustments associated with the COVID-19 response, providing a unique opportunity to assess how parents are faring following this unprecedented time.

Understanding how parents are faring is critical to delivering better outcomes for children because evidence shows a powerful connection between parent wellbeing and child wellbeing.

Parenting Today in Victoria delivers essential information to those designing policies and providing services. As we continue to collect this information over time, we will be able to measure progress and provide the information required to develop tools and interventions that support parents and families.

Read the 2022 findings:

Download the 2022 Parenting Today in Victoria Technical Report 2022 (PDF)
2022 Parenting Today in Victoria website
2022 study media release
Research brief: Fathers work-life brief (PDF)
Research brief: Child mental health and parent help-seeking (PDF)
Research brief: Participation in parenting programs (PDF)

Learn more about the 2019 findings:

Learn more about the 2016 findings:

Read the key findings graphic snapshot (PDF, 1.39MB)
2016 Parenting Today in Victoria Key Findings Report (PDF, 2.13MB)
2016 Parenting Today in Victoria Technical Report (2.55MB)
Research brief: Focus on fathers (PDF, 270KB)
Research brief: Parent Mental Health (PDF, 388KB)
Research brief: Parenting children with additional needs (PDF, 249KB)
Research brief: Parenting with disadvantage (PDF, 244KB)
Research brief: Parenting support in the early years (PDF, 442KB)
2016 study media release