Social Wellbeing

Wellbeing Watch

A monitor of health, wealth and happiness in the Hunter

Join the HVRF at the release of a unique Hunter-based research program examining the health, wealth and happiness featuring economics guru Ross Gittins...

Click here for more information on the 2008 Hunter Region Wellbeing Watch Launch

Background to Wellbeing Watch program

Wellbeing Watch is a new pathway for research for the Hunter Valley Research Foundation. It aims to assess the quality of life in the Hunter, explain trends in how people live and provide an understanding of the influences on wellbeing and how regional wellbeing can be improved.

The launch of the first Wellbeing Watch has been designed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the HVRF. It is intended to build upon the HVRF's existing regional research program and complements other HVRF publications such as the Hunter Region Economic Indicators, which is a quarterly report on regional economic conditions.

The information presented in this inaugural edition of Wellbeing Watch is based on the results from a community telephone survey conducted in 2006. As data will be collected and reported on an annual basis, time series comparisons will ultimately help answer an underlying research question: is life in the Hunter Region improving?

Click here to access a copy of the latest Wellbeing Watch publication