Paying for your child's education leads to high levels of satisfaction, if the latest results from the ABC's Australia Talks National Survey are anything to go by.
While 74 per cent of parents with children in state schools were satisfied with the education their children were receiving, parents in the private system were even more satisfied.
More than 80 per cent of parents with children in the Catholic (81 per cent), independent (88 per cent), and other religious school (95 per cent) sectors were either somewhat or very satisfied with the education their children were receiving.
The proportion of parents who were very satisfied with their kids' education was higher in the other religious school (64 per cent) and independent school (63 per cent) sectors, compared with the Catholic (37 per cent) and public school (36 per cent) sectors.
So who is to blame for the small proportion of dissatisfied parents?
Not Australia's teachers — at least 79 per cent of parents were satisfied with the job their children's' teachers were doing, with no difference between sectors.
The Australia Talks National Survey asked 54,000 Australians about their lives and what keeps them up at night. Use our interactive tool to see the results and how their answers compare with yours.
Tune in at 8.30pm on November 18, as the ABC hosts a live TV event with some of Australia's best-loved celebrities exploring the key findings of the Australia Talks survey.
