Women are feeling less satisfied with their lives, including their health and finances, than men, and Gen-X is the least satisfied of all the generations when it comes to their personal circumstances.

The fourth annual Heartbeat of Australia study by ACM, the publisher of this masthead, and its Australian Regional Insights arm, in partnership with the University of Canberra, reveals how Australians are feeling in 2025.

And the gender and the generation gaps are stark.

The research, based on the survey responses of more than 7000 Australians living in regional and rural communities as well as the five major metropolitan cities, found that regional men are more satisfied with their life and personal circumstances than regional women, but men in metro areas were the most satisfied.

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