Citywide Strategic Plan

Welcome to the home of the Citywide Strategic Plan (CSP)! Here you will be able to access the goals, measures, and strategies developed by over 200 unique staff across all lines of business, backgrounds, and job classes. The plan is intended to help guide City decision-making processes and drive success toward achieving the City’s goals. 

Citywide Strategic Plan


Community Survey

Every two years, the City of Austin partners with the outside consultant ETC Institute to administer an Austin Community Survey.  The survey assesses satisfaction with the delivery of City services and allows us to understand community priorities in alignment with City goals. The data referenced in the 2023 Community Survey Findings Report reflects the results gathered from our most recent biannual survey.  Results of surveys conducted in prior years can also be found below. 

2023 Community Survey Findings Report (PDF, 23MB)
 

Survey Insights Dashboard

Explore survey insights over time and understand the demographics of survey participants.

Community Survey Dashboard
 

Methodology
 

  • In 2023, a total of 2,095 households completed the survey; a minimum of 200 surveys completed in each of the City’s ten council districts.
     
  • Surveys are historically collected in the summer or fall.  2023 results were collected September to November 2023.
     
  • A seven-page survey was mailed to a stratified random sample of households in the city. Each survey packet contained a cover letter, a copy of the survey, and a postage-paid return envelope. Residents who received the survey packet were given the option of returning the survey by mail or completing it on-line.
     
  • A third party provider, ETC Institute, manages the survey on behalf of the City of Austin.
     

Past surveys

2021

2021 Report (PDF, 6.1MB)

2019

2019 Presentation (PDF, 3MB)

2019 Report (PDF, 3.3MB)

2019 Appendices (PDF, 43.3MB)

2018

2018 City Council Presentation (PDF, 1.6MB)

2018 Report (PDF, 2.7MB)

2018 Appendices (PDF, 17.1MB)

2017

2017 City Council Presentation (PDF, 1.7MB)

2017 Report (PDF, 11.5MB)

2017 Appendices (PDF, 7.6MB)

2016

2016 City Council Presentation (PDF, 2MB)

2016 Report (PDF, 17MB)

2016 Appendices (PDF, 2MB)

2015

2015 City Council Presentation (PDF, 1.2MB)

2015 Report (PDF, 14.7MB)

2015 Appendices (PDF, 6.9MB)