would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a civil servant in Australia

1 stranger working as civil servant in Australia have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 4.0 / 10. 68% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 19% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
4.0/ 10
stress
6.9h/ night
sleep
18h/ week
free time
$10,879/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade68%
would not trade19%
unsure13%

134 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • stable10
  • peaceful7
  • enviable6
  • lonely4
  • meaningful4
  • inspiring3

one civil servant in Australia has shared an anonymous fragment of their life. the sample is small — read the numbers below as suggestive, not definitive.

asked whether they would trade lives with civil servants in Australia, 134 strangers have answered. the result is decisively yes — most strangers say they would take this kind of life: 68% would trade, 19% would not, 13% are unsure.

compared with civil servants worldwide, civil servants in Australia are happier by 1.2 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.0 points, and more envied by 11 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Australia, civil servants in Australia are happier by 1.1 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 2.4 points, and more envied by 23 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all civil servants globally
    happiness +1.2stress -1.0would-trade +11.0pp
  • vs all lives in Australia
    happiness +1.1stress -2.4would-trade +23.0pp

fragments