Council engages Banyule communities to make sure our projects meet local needs, are fit for purpose, and reflect local culture and the environment.

In mid-2023 we asked over 1,850 Shaping Banyule members about their experience of Banyule engagement activities, including the level to which they thought their participation contributed to project outcomes. 226 people completed the survey.

Your responses gave us insight into the importance of looping back to let you know what we heard during engagement activities, and of offering different ways for you to participate in Banyule's engagement programs.

Check out the summary of what we heard and how we've been responding to what you told us under 'Year 2 Survey Findings' below, and take a moment to complete the Year 3 (2025) Member Survey!

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Year 2 Survey findings

226 Shaping Banyule members completed the Year 2 Survey in mid 2023.

Of these members, 70% said that you had participated in a Council consultation or feedback activity in the previous 12 months. This was an increase from 54% in 2022.

The Year 2 responses also told us that the frequency of your participation increased, with 56% of respondents saying that they took part in an activity more than once in the past 12 months, up from 50% in 2022.

There was also a slight increase in the number of members who participated in an activity more than once a month, up from 4% to 5%. These data were coupled with a decrease from 37% to 33% in the number of respondents who participated in an activity only once in the past 12 months.

Opportunities from what you told is in Year 2

The Year 2 responses point to a number of ways we can strengthen how we do community engagement.

Year 1 Survey findings

What we heard

277 Shaping Banyule members completed the Year 1 Survey. Of these members, 149 (54%) said that they participated in a Council consultation or feedback activity in the past 12 months. High level findings can be found below.

Experience of engagement activities

The members that said they had participated in consultation in the past year rated their experience as:

  • Very good or good - 67%
  • Average - 17%
  • Poor or very poor - 16%

Perceptions of how input/feedback was used

Of the members that rated the level to which they thought their input during engagement was used towards project outputs and outcomes, the following ratings were received:

  • High or very high degree - 10%
  • Neither a high nor low degree - 18%
  • Low or very low degree - 18%
  • Could not say - 54%

Opportunities from what you told us in Year 1

The data points to a number of ways to strengthen how we do community engagement. We are considering each of the below opportunities in the engagement we do.