How Does Diversity Atlas Measure Cultural Diversity?

Based on research, and acknowledging that these weights will vary somewhat in time and place, the Diversity Atlas team created an index for measuring cultural diversity across the top four key parameters:

• Cultural Heritage – 30%
• Country of Birth – 23%
• Language – 23%
• Worldview/Religion –24%

From here, we created a mathematical formula that generates a ‘diversity index’ based on the value of each parameter within a particular group.

For more background and technical details refer to our paper A Practical Approach to Measuring Cultural Diversity on Australian Organizations and Schools, published in the International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, Vol. 7, No. 12, December 2017.

We are committed to periodically reviewing the weighted index. Our current review, undertaken in 2019, surveyed attitudes towards these various pillars of cultures from people in Europe, Asia and Oceania.