Summary

For many young people their community encompasses families (close and extended), friends (both in Australia and overseas), neighbourhoods, and shared leisure and religious activities. A community also included relational and reciprocal dimensions (Skattebol et al. 2013). In the Australian Child Wellbeing Project the domain of community appeared to resonate most strongly with culturally and linguistically diverse and Aboriginal young people.

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• Cave, L., Fildes, J., Luckett, G., Wearring, A., Mission Australia Annual Youth Survey 2015, Mission Australia, 2015. Also available at https://www.missionaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/research-evaluation/youth-survey. Details
• Cornfoot, S, Francis, S., Multicultural Youth in Australia: Settlement and Transition, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2007. Also available at http://www.cmy.net.au/sites/default/files/publication-documents/Multicultural%20Youth%20in%20Australia%202007.pdf. Details
• Office of Multicultural Interests Western Australia, "Not drowning, waving": Culturally and linguistically diverse young people at risk in Western Australia, Western Australia, 2009. Also available at http://www.omi.wa.gov.au/resources/clearinghouse/Not_Drowning.pdf. Details