MARKETING RESEARCH – AUSTRALIA

Rapid growth in use of Buy-Now-Pay-Later digital payments – such as Afterpay, zipPay and zipMoney

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 5-Nov-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 1.95 million Australians aged 14+ used one of the latest ‘buy-now-pay-later’ digital payment methods such as Afterpay, zipPay or zipMoney in the year to September 2019, up from 1.38 million in the previous 12 months. Australians between the ages of 14-34 account for 55.9% of ‘buy-now-pay-later’ users, with those in the 25-34 age range making up 33.5% of all users. To put this in perspective, that age group represents only 18.1% of the population aged 14+, which means that those aged 25-34 are nearly twice as likely to be using a ‘buy-now-pay-later’ system as the average across the whole population. By contrast, Australians over 50 make up only 14.2% of pay-later users despite being 40.7% of the population aged 14+. Meanwhile, the use of credit cards is declining, with the percentage of Australians holding a credit card down about 3% points over the past year. This data is from Roy Morgan’s Single Source survey, based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with around 50,000 consumers each year in their homes.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AFTERPAY TOUCH GROUP LIMITED – ASX APT, ZIPPAY, ZIPMONEY

Environmental issues seen as the biggest problem facing Australia – for the first time since February 2011

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 5-Nov-19

New in-depth research from Roy Morgan shows that a record 41% of Australians regard Environmental problems as the major concern facing Australia, up 17% points since June. A further 22% (down 12% points) cited Economic problems. This is the lowest level of concern for Economic issues since April 2006, prior to the Global Financial Crisis. Environmental problems are also clearly regarded as the biggest concern facing the World. An unchanged 46% of Australians mentioned some form of Environmental concern as the most important problem facing the World – nearly three times as many as the 16% who mentioned Economic problems. This is the first time Environmental problems have topped the list of concerns facing both Australia and the World since February 2011, when massive floods hit Queensland and its capital city Brisbane, as well as soon after the devastating Black Saturday bush fires in 2009 that killed over 170 Victorians. These are the key findings from a special Roy Morgan online survey of 1,054 Australians aged 14+.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Magazine readership increases to over 15.2 million

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 1-Nov-19

Roy Morgan has released the Australian Magazine Readership report for the 12 months to September 2019. A total of 15,205,000 Australians aged 14+ (73.3%) now read magazines in print or online, up 0.6 per cent from a year ago. Readership of print magazines is almost 13.3 million Australians (64.0 per cent), down 2.5% from a year ago. Five of Australia’s top 10 magazines grew their print readership over the past year. The free ‘Coles Magazine’ remains the most widely-read print magazine, with a readership of 4,762,000 (up 3.1 per cent), while ‘Better Homes & Gardens’ remains the most widely-read paid magazine with a print readership of 1,673,000 million (up 3.1 per cent). Meanwhile, Taste.com.au remains the best-read magazine title across print and digital formats, with a total cross-platform audience of almost 3.2 million (down 1.2 per cent). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey of 49,462 Australians aged 14+ in the 12 months to September 2019.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

15.4 million Australians read newspapers in print or online

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 1-Nov-19

Roy Morgan has released the latest readership results for Australian newspapers, for the 12 months to September 2019. Now 15.4 million Australians aged 14+ (74%) read or access newspapers in an average seven-day period via print or online, a fall of 3.7 per cent from a year ago. The standout performer over the past year is again ‘The Australian Financial Review’, which increased its total cross-platform readership by 17.1 per cent to 1,599,000; this was driven by a substantial increase in its digital audience (up 24.6 per cent to 1,359,000). ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ is still Australia’s most widely-read masthead, with a cross-platform audience of 4,209,000, which is virtually unchanged on a year ago. Meanwhile, ‘Good Weekend’ remains Australia’s most widely-read newspaper inserted magazine, with print readership of 825,000 (down 25.2 per cent over the last year). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey of 49,462 Australians aged 14+ in the 12 months to September 2019.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Figures show Australia’s wealth is growing but benefits are not spread evenly

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Original article by Charis Chang
News.com.au – Page: Online : 31-Oct-19

The Roy Morgan Wealth Report shows that Australia’s net wealth has increased by 90.5 per cent, or $4107bn, between 2007 and 2019. The nation’s wealth increased by 47.6 per cent when the CPI is taken into account. The net wealth of individual Australians has also increased since the global financial crisis, but this increase has not been spread evenly across the population. Median net wealth has increased by 26.3 per cent to $1.7m, although this has fallen by 2.2 per cent when adjusted for the CPI. However, the top decile of Australians have increased their wealth by 60 per cent since 2007, while the lowest decile remains in negative wealth, with their net wealth rising from -$20,000 to -$19,000. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says wealth inequality can breed distrust in society.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

New Roy Morgan Report Fills the Information Gap on Australians’ Net Wealth

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 30-Oct-19

There has been no shortage of attempts to measure the true state of wealth in Australia. Some have focused on income, others have tracked debt and yet others have tried to quantify assets. They have supplied pieces of the puzzle. But no-one has been able to provide the full picture on the Net Wealth held by individual Australians – until now. The Roy Morgan Wealth Report 2019 fills the gaps, providing evidence-based answers to the lingering questions about wealth in our nation. By calculating total personal assets and subtracting total personal debt, the report offers the first fully detailed data on Australians’ Net Wealth. This information matters because wealth, and the way it is distributed, is intrinsically linked to Australia’s economic resilience and future. Roy Morgan is able to deliver this information thanks to Australia’s most extensive and longest-running study of consumer financial behaviour. The study, which has been running continuously for more than 20 years, involves over 50,000 in-depth, face-to-face interviews conducted in respondents’ homes each year. This provides privileged access to every aspect of Australians’ lives, including fully detailed financial positions, providing data of unmatched depth and breadth. It enables analysis of genuine Net Wealth by age, gender, location, employment type and more, showing precisely what form that wealth takes, how evenly or otherwise it is distributed, how it has grown, and what further shifts are likely in coming years.

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Australian-made significantly preferred to Chinese-made

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 29-Oct-19

New research by Roy Morgan shows that Australians are more likely to buy products across a wide range of industries if they know the product is made in Australia. Only a minority say the same about products they know are made in China. The largest differences are for food, wine, skin care and cosmetics. A huge majority, 88%, say they’d be more likely to buy food if they knew it was made in Australia, while only 6% say the same for Chinese-made food. The gap in favour of Australian-made wine is almost as large (72% vs. 4%). The next largest gaps in favour of Australian-made products are for skin care products (56% vs. 6%) and cosmetics (51% vs. 4%). Chinese-made products with the best performance include clothes, electrical goods, mobile phones and footwear. At least 20% of Australians indicated they would be more likely to buy these products if they knew they were made in China, although all trailed well behind Australian-made counterparts. These are the key findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Australians each week and around 50,000 each year.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Satisfaction with performance of Industry Super Funds remains ahead of Retail Funds for 17th year

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 29-Oct-19

New research by Roy Morgan shows that satisfaction with the financial performance of Retail superannuation funds was only 58.7% in the six months to September 2019, compared to 64.1% for Industry Funds and 76.7% for Self-Managed Funds. Retail Fund satisfaction has lagged behind satisfaction with Industry Funds for the last 17 years. These are the latest findings from the September 2019 Roy Morgan Research ‘Superannuation Satisfaction’ report based on around 50,000 interviews with people per annum, including over 30,000 who have superannuation.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Lexus approaches near-perfect customer satisfaction

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 29-Oct-19

Lexus is the winner of Roy Morgan’s Car Manufacturer of the Month Award for August 2019, with a customer satisfaction rating of 97%. Lexus was followed by Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Land Rover, Subaru and Toyota, all of which had a customer satisfaction rating of 94%. Lexus has won seven straight monthly awards in 2019, securing the brand the annual customer satisfaction award. Lexus has now won five Car Manufacturer of the Year Awards since its inaugural win in 2014. It has maintained a satisfaction rating of between 94% and 98% over the past five and a half years. These satisfaction ratings are drawn from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with over 50,000 Australians each year in their homes.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, LEXUS, KIA MOTORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MERCEDES-BENZ AG, SUZUKI AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, LAND ROVER, SUBARU (AUST) PTY LTD, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED

RACT marginally ahead of RAA in general insurance customer satisfaction

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Oct-19

RACT is the winner of Roy Morgan’s General Insurer of the Month Award for September 2019, with a customer satisfaction rating of 93%. The insurance arm of the Tasmanian motoring organisation now has an unbeatable lead in the general insurer category for the annual customer satisfaction award. South Australia-based RAA (92%) was a close second in the category, followed by People’s Choice Credit Union (90%), Shannons (90%) and Western Australia’s RAC (88%). The four leading general insurers improved their satisfaction ratings when compared to a year ago, with Shannons showing the largest gain of 5%. RAC was the only top-five general insurer that slipped in ratings over the same period, although it only declined 1%. These latest customer satisfaction ratings have been drawn from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with around 50,000 Australians each year in their homes.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, RACT INSURANCE PTY LTD, RAA INSURANCE LIMITED, PEOPLE’S CHOICE CREDIT UNION, SHANNONS, RAC INSURANCE PTY LTD