Exploring how Australians feel about their financial future.
Buying and owning a home is more than a major financial investment, it’s a significant emotional one too. And the journey doesn’t begin and end with buying a home. It starts much earlier with saving for a deposit, and for most people continues for many years, paying off a mortgage and potentially buying and selling multiple properties as they go.
To explore the homeownership journey, and understand more about how Australians feel along the way, we have created the Great Southern Bank No Place Like Home report. This three-part annual series will look at the confidence and optimism of prospective buyers, their financial literacy and capability, and their long-term goals and aspirations.
Happily
Investigating how home ownership connects to happiness.
Clever
A look at Australians’ financial literacy and ability to save.
After
Focusing on long-term financial goals, aspirations, and wellbeing.
Latest reports
The Great Southern Bank No Place Like Home report is divided into three parts. If the report you’re looking for isn’t displayed below, stay tuned for the next release.
9 minutes
The journey towards happily clever after (August 2024)
8 minutes
How clever do Australians feel about money (April 2024)
A look at Australians’ financial literacy and ability to save.
9 minutes
Happiness & housing (November 2023)
Investigating how home ownership connects to happiness.
Customer case studies
Darcy & Jordan, QLD
Great Southern Bank customers Darcy & Jordan realised their home ownership dreams in Kuraby, Brisbane.
Nicole Shillinglaw, QLD
Purchased her 3-bedroom townhouse in Slacks Creek on the southside of Brisbane with the help of Great Southern Bank.
Andrew & Zac Cornell, VIC
Twin brothers Andrew and Zac Cornell were amongst the first homebuyers to take advantage of expanded eligibility.
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Important Information
The Great Southern Bank No Place Like Home report is an annual three-part series, with online surveys conducted in three waves across the year. The research is conducted by The The Clever Stuff, in partnership with Pure Profile, with each survey containing responses from approximately 2,000 Australians aged 18-65 who are nationally representative of the Australian population by age, gender and location.
More information about the report
The report will be divided into three different phases, which allows us to dig deeper and explore each topic in more depth:
Happily
Focusing on people’s happiness with their living situation.
Clever
Looking at people’s financial confidence and knowledge.
After
Understanding people’s future financial and housing goals and aspirations.