Household and home business research: Emerging lifestyles preferences and practices
Executive summary
This report presents findings from the first national Scenarios for Future Living (SFL) household survey, completed by more than 5,000 Australians in April–May 2025.
The survey explores how emerging social trends, lifestyle shifts, and evolving household routines are shaping technology use in the home and the implications for future energy demand. The survey builds on trends identified in the Digital Energy Futures and Future Home Demand projects conducted by Monash University’s Emerging Technologies Research Lab. The survey design was also informed by extensive stakeholder consultation across research and industry partners.
It was administered by the professional agency Instinct & Reason and weighted to 2021 ABS Census benchmarks to ensure representativeness of the Australian population. While subject to the usual limitations of online research, the dataset provides robust, nationally representative insights into current and emerging household energy practices.
Findings
These documents present findings from the main report on specific topics. To view the complete findings, research design, and sociodemographic overview of household respondents, please refer to the full report. Four section summaries have been produced in total.