Given the multicultural makeup of Australia, war and conflicts overseas may impact the index.
"Different groups here, obviously still have some kind of intergenerational understanding of their identity and also the conflict in their origin country and in their homeland," Afrouz explained.
"What's going on in their homeland will definitely impact how they will react to that context, and also how they will react to their intergenerational understanding of conflict .. Obviously, all of those will impact the sense of community, trusting each other."