Q. In the past 10 years, do you think the gap between rich people and everyone else in Australia has increased, decreased or stayed about the same?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Income less than $600 pw |
Income $600-$1,000 pw |
Income $1,000-$1,600 pw |
Income over $1,600 pw |
|
| Total increased |
72% |
86% |
58% |
81% |
79% |
81% |
73% |
76% |
67% |
||
| Total decreased |
2% |
1% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
2% |
1% |
||
| Increased a lot |
38% |
50% |
26% |
34% |
54% |
50% |
39% |
36% |
33% |
||
| Increased a little |
34% |
36% |
32% |
47% |
25% |
31% |
34% |
40% |
34% |
||
| Stayed much the same |
20% |
11% |
33% |
10% |
12% |
10% |
17% |
16% |
28% |
||
| Decreased a little |
2% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
||
| Decreased a lot |
* |
– |
* |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
– |
* |
||
| Don’t know |
7% |
2% |
5% |
6% |
8% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
4% |
72% think that the gap between rich people and everyone else in Australia has increased over the past ten years. Only 22% think it has decreased or stayed the same.
Those most likely to think it had increased were Labor voters (86%) Greens voters (81%), aged 55+ (77%) and those earning less than $600 pw (81%).