Q. Over the next 12 months do you think your personal financial situation will get better, get worse or stay much the same?
| 29 Mar 10 | 28 Jun 10 | 18 Oct 10 | 4 April 11 | 4 Jul 11 | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Total better | 40% | 29% | 33% | 32% | 28% | 34% | 25% | 41% |
| Total worse | 23% | 31% | 29% | 31% | 36% | 27% | 45% | 22% |
| Get a lot better | 8% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 7% |
| Get a little better | 32% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 23% | 25% | 22% | 34% |
| Get a little worse | 17% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 18% | 28% | 18% |
| Get a lot worse | 6% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 13% | 9% | 17% | 4% |
| Stay much the same | 33% | 37% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 37% | 29% | 32% |
| No opinion | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 5% |
28% think their own personal financial situation will get better over the next 12 months and 36% worse – 32% think they will stay much the same.
This is somewaht less optimistic than the April result – a decrease from net +1% to -8%.
Among full-time workers, 32% think their situation will get better and 34% worse while those who are not working are more pessimistic – 23% better/40% worse.
For those aged 55+, 12% expect their financial situation to get better and 50% worse while for those aged under 35, 43% expect it to get better and 25% worse.