The National Centre for Pastoral Research carries out research projects that are of immense value to the wider Catholic church. Recent projects include:

• Plenary Council (ongoing)
• Australian Catholic Bishops’ Youth Survey 2017
• Understanding Religious Vocation in Australia Today
• Our Work Matters: Catholic Church employers and employees in Australia

• National Catholic Census Project 
• What do Mass attenders believe?
• What Makes People Feel They belong?
• Building Stronger Parishes Research Project
• See, I am Doing a New Thing!
• National Church Life Survey 
• National Count of Attendance
• Catholics who have ceased attending Mass
• Who Goes When – Mass attenders and their usual Mass time
• Australian Catholic Mapping Online