The Australia We Want report, completed by the Community Council for Australia, finds Tasmanians feel safe and the state has a low incarceration rate, while it scores well on gender equity and income distribution.

Tasmania scores poorly on levels of educational attainment, suicide rates remained well above the national average and carbon dioxide emissions were increasing.

The report gives an update on the process of each state since the last report in 2016, and provides states and territories scores on factors deemed important by the charities sector.

Overall, CCA chief executive officer David Crosbie said there is still a lot of work to do to make Australia a fair country for all.

"The findings of this report are damning - they tell us that if we are going to live in the kind of Australia we want for ourselves and our children, we need to work at changing some of these fundamental issues," he said.

Incarceration rates in Australia are about double most European countries and rising, while suicide rates and the road toll are also increasing.

The gap between how safe men and women feel walking alone at night is also one of the worst in the world.

The report lays bare the issues facing Australia and its relationship with the world now and into the future.

"Housing access remains a critical issue for far too many people in Australia and we continue to slip down the international corruption scales," the report reads.

"The idea that Australia is a generous country is not borne out in the data about giving. Levels of giving in Australia are decreasing, despite increased wealth.

"This sense of a meaner Australia is also reflected in how our very wealthy nation has become less willing to support poor countries around the world."

However volunteering, educational attainment and female participating are trending in the right direction.

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