Q. Will you personally be doing anything to celebrate Australia Day or do you treat it as just a public holiday?
Total | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Jan ‘17 | Jan ‘16 | Jan ‘15 | |
Doing something to celebrate Australia Day | 40% | 45% | 38% | 38% | 34% | 38% | 40% |
Just a public holiday | 45% | 43% | 49% | 44% | 46% | 44% | 41% |
Working – I don’t get the Australia Day holiday | 6% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% |
Don’t know | 9% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 15% | 12% | 12% |
40% said they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, 45% treat Australia Day as just a public holiday and 6% are working because they don’t get the Australia Day holiday.
People aged 18-34 were most likely to be engaging in specific celebrations to mark the National Day (45%).