2024 Summer Survey Report
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TextDescription: 31 ppSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: A new survey from Sweltering Cities has revealed the serious impact that this summer’s heat has had on Australians’ health. The 2024 Summer Survey received more than 2300 responses from people reporting their experience of heat over the summer.
Ms Bacon said the survey showed that to keep communities safe, governments need to address the root causes of vulnerability to increasing temperatures: housing, poverty, infrastructure, insecure work and of course, climate change.
Some key statistics include:
78% of people reported that they have air conditioning, but 65% of those people said that concerns about cost stop them turning it on.
85% of people with a chronic illness and 90% of people with disability said that they feel unwell on hot days.
68% of people reported feeling unwell on hot days or during heatwaves.
61% of people say that cost of living increases have impacted their ability to stay cool on hot days.
54% of respondents who are renters said that they live in a low energy efficiency home.
75% of all respondents said that they have the information to keep themselves safe during heatwaves, but only 63% of people from multicultural communities.
When we asked how people manage the heat, over 80% of people said that they either avoid walking or change when they do outdoor activities.
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KEYWORDS: Energy pricing, Housing, Social housing, Rental housing, Low socioeconomic status, Cost and standard of living, Extreme weather events, Heatwaves, Public health, Heat stress Australia
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