Q. Which of the following indicators do you think is the most important when thinking about whether the Australian economy is in a good or poor state?
| May’21 | Sep’20 | Sep’19 | |
| The unemployment rate | 25% | 39% | 25% |
| The cost of household bills | 20% | 13% | 22% |
| The size of the national deficit | 13% | – | – |
| The amount of homeless people on the streets | 11% | 8% | 10% |
| The value of the Australian dollar to international currencies | 8% | 12% | 13% |
| The gross domestic product per person | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| The interest rate set by Reserve Bank of Australia | 7% | 6% | 9% |
| The consumer price index | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| The number of new shops, restaurants and cafes opening | 5% | 3% | 2% |
| The size of the national surplus | – | 6% | 6% |
| Base (n) | 1,092 | 1,081 | 1,097 |
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
| The unemployment rate | 25% | 24% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 21% | 34% | 25% |
| The cost of household bills | 20% | 19% | 21% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| The size of the national deficit | 13% | 10% | 15% | 8% | 13% | 17% | 10% | 15% | 7% | 17% |
| The amount of homeless people on the streets | 11% | 8% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 15% | 7% |
| The value of the Australian dollar to international currencies | 8% | 9% | 7% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 4% | 7% |
| The gross domestic product per person | 7% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| The interest rate set by Reserve Bank of Australia | 7% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 3% | 8% |
| The consumer price index | 5% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 3% |
| The number of new shops, restaurants and cafes opening | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 9% |
| Base (n) | 1,092 | 536 | 556 | 340 | 372 | 380 | 371 | 400 | 109 | 111 |