About 700 Queensland households will be quizzed in detail about their opinions of local government in coming weeks as part of the 2017 LGAQ Community Attitudes Survey.
The survey, the 11th since the first 1997 Benchmark Study, is held every two years. It tracks the performance of councils, grouped in broad categories, relative to the value systems of the community.
The results of the survey should help councils identify initiatives that will enhance overall performance by closing the gap between the importance of a service or function and the rating of current performance.
It also identifies emerging issues and themes. The CSS involves a random telephone survey of 700 households across Queensland.