Q. Australia’s population has nearly reached 25 million and is growing by about 400,000 a year. Do you think Australia’s population growth rate is too fast, too slow or about right?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Apr 2013 | |||
| Too fast | 54% | 53% | 50% | 44% | 77% | 45% | ||
| Too slow | 4% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 5% | ||
| About right | 31% | 31% | 38% | 44% | 10% | 37% | ||
| Don’t know | 11% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 13% |
54% think that Australia’s population growth rate is too fast – up from 45% recorded 5 years ago. 31% think the growth rate is about right and 4% think it is too slow.
A majority of most voter groups believed the growth rate was too fast although Greens voters were divided 44% too fast/44% about right.