Australia is proudly a diverse, multicultural society, and one that has experienced significant population growth in recent years. A large proportion – close to 60 per cent of that growth between 2000 and 2013 – can be attributed to immigration.

Since 2007, the Scanlon Foundation’s Mapping Social Cohesion report series has sought to understand the social impact of Australia’s increasingly diverse immigration program, and maps this through the Scanlon-Monash Index.

The Index looks at five core indicators of social cohesion: belonging, worth, social justice, participation and acceptance and rejection.