Demographic data of the respondents and survey responses
| Number | Percentage* | |
| Age group (years) | ||
| Under 25 | 640 | 14% |
| 25–34 | 1196 | 25% |
| 35–44 | 1108 | 24% |
| 45–54 | 905 | 19% |
| 55–64 | 695 | 15% |
| 65 and over | 158 | 3% |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 3287 | 70% |
| Male | 1413 | 30% |
| Occupational category | ||
| Allied health (eg, physiotherapists, psychologists) | 370 | 8% |
| Clinical staff (eg, doctors, nurses, paramedics) | 3422 | 73% |
| Corporate staff (eg, finance, information technology) | 910 | 19% |
| Where did you get the information regarding the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out?† | ||
| SWSLHD information (intranet, staff emails, posters) | 2784 | 59% |
| Manager | 1635 | 35% |
| Newspapers | 155 | 3% |
| TV news | 414 | 9% |
| Social media (eg, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) | 269 | 6% |
| Friend | 135 | 3% |
| Coworker | 487 | 10% |
| Information availability | ||
| Easily available or very easily available | 3879 | 91% |
| Available with some effort | 330 | 8% |
| Not easily available | 48 | 1% |
| Helpfulness of SWSLHD information in making a decision to receive the vaccine | ||
| Helpful or very helpful | 3525 | 83% |
| Neither helpful nor unhelpful | 708 | 17% |
| Unhelpful | 25 | 1% |
| Views about vaccination | ||
| Getting vaccinated is my choice | 1430 | 34% |
| Getting vaccinated is my responsibility | 1095 | 26% |
| Both | 1574 | 37% |
| Neither | 44 | 1% |
| Don’t know | 50 | 1% |
| What additional information would you have preferred?† | ||
| When or where the vaccine was available | 770 | 18% |
| How to register for the vaccine | 650 | 16% |
| Eligibility to receive vaccine at this time | 445 | 11% |
| Vaccine safety | 1168 | 28% |
| Vaccine effectiveness | 1087 | 26% |
| Did not prefer more information | 1621 | 39% |
| Vaccine motivations† | ||
| I wanted to protect myself from COVID-19 | 3514 | 75% |
| I wanted to protect family members from COVID-19 | 3062 | 65% |
| I wanted to protect my patients from COVID-19 | 2453 | 52% |
| I wanted to protect other community members from COVID-19 | 2552 | 54% |
| I need to receive the vaccine in order to travel interstate/overseas in the future | 1363 | 29% |
| I am required to receive the vaccine by my employer | 665 | 14% |
| A friend or family member convinced me to receive the vaccine | 196 | 4% |
| Vaccine experiences | ||
| ‘Comfortable’ or ‘Very comfortable’ receiving the first dose of the vaccine | 3630 | 85% |
| Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable | 468 | 11% |
| Uncomfortable | 157 | 4% |
*Percentages may add up to more than 100% due to rounding.
†Participants could select multiple responses. Totals do not add up to 100%.
SWSLHD, South Western Sydney Local Health District.