This is the fourteenth in a series of surveys auspices by the National Drug Strategy (and its predecessors) and the 9th to be conducted by the AIHW. It is a national household survey of non-institutionalised persons aged 14 years and over. There were 21,663 completed responses in 2022-2023. Fieldwork was conducted by Roy Morgan Research.

Collection details

Variables to support reporting and linkage

  • Age (Date of birth)
  • Sex/gender
  • Indigenous status
  • RA
  • SA1
  • SA2
  • SA3
  • SA4
  • SEIFA
  • Statistical Linkage Key

Temporal coverage

from 20/7/2022 to 31/5/2023

Geographical coverage

National and State

Data availability

  • Publications
  • Summary tables published in electronic form
  • Statistics

Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply).

Restricted unit record access subject to Ethics Committee approval and/or the agreement of all relevant data custodians in all states and territories (charges may apply).

Data scope

Private dwellings from people aged 14 years or older.

Excluded from sampling were non-private dwellings (hotels, motels, boarding houses, etc.) and institutional settings (hospitals, nursing homes, other clinical settings such as drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres, prisons, military establishments and university halls of residence). Persons who were homeless were also excluded as well as the territories of Jervis Bay, Christmas Island and Cocos Island.

Methodology

Survey

Metadata information, data quality statement (DQS)

National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2022–2023 - Data Quality Statement
(METEOR 789150)

External links and information

National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2022–2023

Contact

[email protected]