Less than a tenth of Australian millennials feel optimistic about the future, with particular concerns over housing affordability, terrorism and healthcare. The results are from an annual survey place Australian millennials far behind their global counterparts...
AUSTRALIA'S MILLENNIALS AT A GLANCE:
* 58 per cent plan to quit work within the next two years
* Just eight per cent believe they will be better off than their parent's generation and four per cent say they'll be happier
* 76 per cent prefer full-time work to freelance or contract work
* 22 per cent expect social and political improvements in the next 12 months
* 30 per cent rank terrorism as their top concern
AND THE POST-1982 GENERATION ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD:
* 38 per cent plan to quit work within the next two years
* 26 per cent believe they will be better off than their parent's generation and 23 per cent say they'll be happier
* 65 per cent prefer full-time work to freelance or contract work
* 36 per cent expect social and political improvements in the next 12 months
* 56 per cent of those in developed economies said war, terrorism and political tension were their top concerns
Source: 2017 Deloitte Millennial Survey
