You spend the majority of your life at work, so it makes sense that what you do for a living will have a direct impact on your happiness.
But what if hacking happiness is simpler than choosing the right career path – what if it’s as simple as choosing no career path whatsoever?
It all started with the question: which cities are the happiest in Australia, and what are people doing in those cities that makes them so happy? Are the miners in Western Australia the happiest, or perhaps farmers in rural areas?
The answer may surprise you.
Click on the image below to take a look at the graph we’ve created:
Australia’s happiest cities all have one thing in common:
A high unemployment rate.
The happiest cities in Australia are also considered to be the worst places to find work in Australia, due to the large number of candidates vying for every position.
For example: Townsville, the happiest city, also has rampant unemployment, and an average of 16 individuals applying for every position, making job hunting practically impossible at times.
The main thing we’ve taken away from our data compilation?
The less we work, the happier we are. Well, maybe.
