Australians’ net wealth shows long term gains

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Jul-19

The second edition of the Roy Morgan Wealth Report shows that the value of assets held by Australians has almost doubled from 2007 to 2019 (up 96.0%). This is faster than the increase in debt of 78.6% over the same period. As a result, net wealth is now 98.7% higher in 2019 than it was in 2007. Even after allowing for population growth and inflation, the average Australian is better off. The second edition of the Wealth Report focuses particularly on how net wealth has changed since just before the onset of the global financial crisis. Australia performed very strongly over the past 12 years compared with other OECD nations – particularly in Europe, where many nations went backwards over the same period. The report is drawn from over half a million in-depth face-to-face interviews conducted in Australians’ homes over the period from 2007 to 2019.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Australians’ wealth improving across all levels

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Jul-19

The second edition of the Roy Morgan Wealth Report shows that net wealth per capita in Australia has increased by 65.1% since 2007, with gains across all balance levels. The average per capita increase for the lowest value 50% (Quintiles 1 to 5) of the population was 55.0%, while the average increase for the highest value 50% (Quintiles 6 to 10) was 65.5%. The report also shows that the wealthiest 10% of Australians (with an average net wealth of over $2 million, up by $811,000 from 2007), hold 47.9% of net wealth. The poorest 50% of Australians (with an average of $31,000, up by $11,000), who despite gains, have seen their total share of net wealth fall from 3.9% to 3.7%. The report is based on over half a million in depth face-to-face interviews conducted in people’s homes over the period from 2007 to 2019 across Australia.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Bauer dominates in four of Top 10 Magazine categories

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Jul-19

Analysis of Roy Morgan’s readership results for the 12 months to March 2019 shows that Bauer Magazines is the most widely read magazine publisher in four of the Top 10 Magazine categories: Mass Women’s Magazines, Motoring Magazines, TV Magazines and Women’s Lifestyle Magazines. Bauer is a Top 3 publisher in a total of eight of the Top 10 categories, which also includes Food & Entertainment Magazines, Home & Garden Magazines, Health & Family Magazines and Women’s Fashion Magazines categories. Other publishers to perform well include Medium Rare (which is the most widely read publisher for Food & Entertainment Magazines and Business, Financial & Airline Magazines) and Pacific Magazines (which is the most widely read publisher for Home & Garden Magazines and Health & Family Magazines).

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MEDIUM RARE, PACIFIC MAGAZINES PTY LTD

Almost 14 million Australians have Subscription or Pay TV

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Jul-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 13,975,000 Australians aged 14+ now have access to some form of Pay TV/Subscription TV or Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD), up 7.9% on a year ago. Nearly 11.5 million Australians now have a Netflix subscription in their household, up by 17.6% on a year ago, while Stan is now accessible by nearly 2.9 million Australians, up by 43.2% in the last 12 months. Other Pay TV/SVOD services to have grown quickly over the past year include Amazon Prime Video (+130.7%), YouTube Premium (+37%) and Fetch (+20.9%). Meanwhile, analysis using Roy Morgan’s Helix Personas consumer segmentation and data integration tool shows that Netflix has a strong appeal to Australians from all walks of life, while traditional Pay TV provider Foxtel is more popular with families than with other psychographic segmentations.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, YOUTUBE PREMIUM, FETCHTV PTY LTD, KAYO SPORTS, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD

Potential boost to Australian Economy from 140 million days accrued leave

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 26-Jun-19

Roy Morgan’s State of the Nation – Tourism presentation shows that 25.2% of Australia’s 10.9 million paid workers have four or more weeks’ worth of annual leave accrued, with 13.2% having more than five weeks. In total, Australian workers have accrued 140 million days’ worth of annual leave. This data is based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says that with the Australian economy showing signs of slowing, the potential boost that would come from people taking their accrued leave would be considerable. This would particularly be the case if Australians were encouraged to holiday in Australia.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Australians holiday overseas for a shorter time

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 26-Jun-19

Roy Morgan’s State of the Nation – Tourism presentation shows that when Australians went overseas for a holiday in 2002 the average time they spent was 31.9 days, but this had fallen to 21.6 days by March 2019. The average length of domestic holidays taken has remained relatively stable during this time, consistently around 6 days on average. This data is based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says that when Australians go overseas the locations that top the list are New Zealand, England, the US, Bali and France. Looking at intention to travel overseas the places that Australians would like to go are New Zealand, the US, England, Japan and Canada.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Harris Scarfe highest for discount department store satisfaction

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Jun-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that Harris Scarfe is Australia’s leading discount department store, with a customer satisfaction rating of 90.1%, ahead of Kmart on 88.9% and Best & Less on 88.7%. The biggest improvement over the year to April came from Harris Scarfe (up 6.9% points). The other improvers were Best & Less (up 4.1% points), Big W (up 2.1% points), Costco (up 1.5% points) and Kmart (up 0.8% points). These are the latest results from Roy Morgan’s Discount Department Store Satisfaction Report, which is based on in-depth personal interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 Australians per annum in their own homes, including over 9,000 interviews with people who shop at a discount department store in an average four weeks.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, HARRIS SCARFE HOLDINGS LIMITED, KMART AUSTRALIA LIMITED, BEST AND LESS PTY LTD, BIG W DISCOUNT STORES, COSTCO WHOLESALE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Quality of engagement for catalogues stands apart from other channels

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Jun-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 13,436,000 Australians aged 14+ read store catalogues in the March 2019 quarter, and 31% of them read catalogues cover-to-cover. Analysis by generation shows Millennials to be the largest readers of catalogues, numbering over 3.2 million. More than 3.16 million Baby Boomers read catalogues followed by just under 3.16 million members of Generation X. Meanwhile, 35% of Australian catalogue readers have shared hard-copy catalogues with friends, family or neighbours, while 41% have shared catalogues ‘digitally’ by emailing or texting a picture of a product seen in a catalogue to a friend or family member. The research also shows that 47% of catalogue readers have made a special trip to a store to buy a product after seeing it in a catalogue, while 53% of catalogue readers find catalogues more useful than other forms of advertising.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

RAA leads general insurance satisfaction

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Jun-19

The latest Roy Morgan General Insurance Satisfaction report shows that 78.7% of Australians aged 14+ were satisfied with their general insurer in April 2019, down 0.1% from the same time in 2018. RAA now has the highest customer satisfaction level within the general insurance industry, at 91.1%. It is followed by RACT (90.8%), WFI (89.7%), RAC (89.4%) and Shannons (87.9%), all well above the industry average of 78.7%. The report is based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes, including over 39,000 with general insurance.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, RAA INSURANCE LIMITED, RACT INSURANCE PTY LTD, WFI INSURANCE, RAC INSURANCE PTY LTD, SHANNONS

Betting on races attracts older gamblers than sports betting

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 18-Jun-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 1.8 million Australians aged 18+ place bets in an average three months, including 1.5 million who bet on racing events (7.9%) and over 620,000 (3.2%) who place Sports bets. The Roy Morgan Gambling Currency Report also shows that 12.3% of men now have a bet in an average three months, compared to only 6% of women. Analysis shows that betting on Racing is most appealing for 50-79 year olds; over 10% of Australians aged 50-64 years old and 9.3% of 65-79 year olds bet on Racing, compared to only 3.1% of 18-24 year olds. In fact 18-24 year olds are more likely to bet on Sports (3.6%) than Racing – the only age group for which Sports betting is more popular. The likelihood of betting on Sport increases to 3.8% of 25-34 year olds and 4.9% of 35-49 year olds, before dropping off substantially for Australians aged 50+. The differential is most stark for Australians aged 80+, with 8.2% betting on Racing compared to less than 1% that bet on Sports.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED