• Life insurer AIA partners with Ending Loneliness Together for Australia’s inaugural Loneliness Awareness Week, 7-11 August
• 2023 State of the Nation Report on social connection in Australia launched
• Younger and middle-aged working Australians the loneliest in the country
• Lonely people less productive in the workplace

As part of Australia’s first ever Loneliness Awareness Week (7-11August) a State of the Nation Report into social connection was launched.

The report reveals that nearly one in three adults (32 per cent) are lonely, while one in six (17 per cent) are suffering from severe loneliness, putting them at a higher risk of lower workplace productivity, poor physical and mental health, and chronic disease.

Shining a light on loneliness

Life, health and wellbeing insurer, AIA Australia has partnered with national authority Ending Loneliness Together since 2021 to shine a light on loneliness at work.

Ending Loneliness Together, a national network of organisations and individuals united to address the growing problem of loneliness, surveyed more than 4,000 adults between June and July this year, and found younger people (18-24) and middle-aged Australians (45-54) — much of the working population — are the loneliest in the country.

“Loneliness is present in the workplace and can have serious impact on employees and businesses,” says Damien Mu, CEO of AIA Australia.

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