Q. As far as you know, has the number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat, increased or decreased over the last 12 months?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Total increased | 62% | 51% | 74% | 36% |
| Total decreased | 7% | 10% | 5% | 11% |
| Increased a lot | 36% | 24% | 50% | 7% |
| Increased a little | 26% | 27% | 24% | 29% |
| Stayed about the same | 20% | 28% | 14% | 33% |
| Decreased a little | 6% | 8% | 5% | 9% |
| Decreased a lot | 1% | 2% | * | 2% |
| Don’t know | 11% | 11% | 6% | 20% |
62% believe that the number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat has increased over the last 12 months, 20% think it has stayed the same and 7% think it has decreased. 74% of Liberal/National voters think it has increased compared to 51% of Labor voters and 36% of Greens voters.
Of those who think it has increased, 59% said they were very concerned (in answer to the previous question) – and of those who think it has stayed the same or decreased, only 18% were very concerned.