Q. Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Oct 2013 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | ||
| Should be allowed to marry l | 60% | 69% | 51% | 87% | 50% | 57% | 60% | 59% | 64% | 58% | 62% | |
| Should not be allowed to marry | 26% | 18% | 36% | 6% | 38% | 31% | 28% | 30% | 26% | 28% | 27% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 12% |
60% thought that people of the same sex should be able to marry (down 2% since August 2016), and 26% thought that they should not (down 1%).
Women (67% support) were more likely than men (53%) to support same sex marriage.
72% of 18-24 year olds supported same sex marriage, compared to 42% of over 65 year olds.