The NSW Community Pulse is a periodical Micromex Research Survey conducted with our online Panel to identify community concerns and explore attitudes towards topical subject areas. 

In February 2020, Micromex undertook research with our online Panel to provide an up-to-date understanding of the NSW community’s attitudes on a range of topics, including, but no exclusively, environmental and climate change-related issues (NSW Community Pulse: Long Hot Summer – 2020). Little did we know that just one month later the world would significantly change due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying economic, social and health related implications.

The February 2020 Community Pulse therefore acted as a baseline with which we can identify any shifts in community perceptions, with the March Community Pulse additionally:

• Measuring levels of concern across a range of community issues and identifying how concerns have changed since the introduction of restrictions relating to COVID-19.
• Identifying how NSW residents are currently being impacted by COVID-19, and perceptions of future impacts.
• Understanding how residents are receiving information on COVID-19.
• Identifying household size if isolation/lock-downs are required and residents that would have no daily face-to-face contact with another person.

We have made the full report available CV19-Community Perceptions -MMX-20200409.