Identify as Australian

To identify as Australian is to:

• feel part of an Australian community
• support that community's values and ideals.  

There is not widespread agreement about what makes up these values and ideals.

This indicator is loosely aligned with the indicator Sense of belonging, because to identify as part of a group is to:

• feel a sense of belonging
• experience security
• share values.  

Outcomes

This indicator supports an outcome of Resilience.  

Ways to measure

Ways to measure for this indicator include:

• the Australian Community Capacity Study (ACCS)  
• the Australian Identity Scale.  

See the Countering Violent Extremism Evaluation Indicator Document [pages 46-66] for practical suggestions on ways to measure, such as:

• survey instruments
• example questions
• using administrative data. 

Evaluations that use this indicator

• Queensland Government Statisticians Office. (2017). Social Cohesion: Queensland Social Survey 2017 Report, Queensland Treasury