Confidence in Covid-19 vaccine rollout

 Q. As vaccinations against Covid-19 are rolled out across Australia, how confident are you in each of the following?

That the rollout of vaccinations against Covid-19 in Australia…

TOTAL: Confident	07/06	26/04	01/03	01/02
… are being done efficiently	43%	43%	68%	68%
… are being done safely	67%	63%	73%	72%
… will be effective at stopping Covid-19 within the country	54%	52%	64%	58%

 

TOTAL: Confident	State
	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA
… are being done efficiently	47%	37%	46%	39%	46%
… are being done safely	69%	63%	65%	72%	70%
… will be effective at stopping Covid-19 within the country	55%	53%	52%	66%	52%
Base (n)	349	278	225	89	108

• Less than half of Australians are confident the rollout is being done efficiently (43%, unchanged since last month). Victorians are the least confident in this (37%), closely followed by South Australians (39%).
• 54% of Australians are confident the Covid-19 vaccine rollout will be effective at stopping the virus within the country (52% last month), and 67% are confident that it is being done safely (63% last month).

TOTAL: Confident	18-34
	07/06	26/04	01/03
… are being done efficiently	42%	50%	67%
… are being done safely	58%	57%	71%
… will be effective at stopping Covid-19 within the country	53%	53%	63%
Base (n)	347	359	326

 

TOTAL: Confident	VIC
	07/06	26/04	01/03
… are being done efficiently	37%	45%	67%
… are being done safely	63%	67%	76%
… will be effective at stopping Covid-19 within the country	53%	54%	66%
Base (n)	278	274	275

• Victorians’ confidence in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout being done efficiently has fallen since March, from 67% to 37% this month.
• Confidence among Victorians that the rollout is being done safely has also decreased since March (63% from 76% in March).
• The confidence of those aged 18-34 in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout being done efficiently has also fallen. 42% are now confident the rollout is being done efficiently (from 50% in April, and 67% in March).
• Confidence among those aged 18-34 that the rollout is being done safely has also decreased since March (58% from 71% in March).