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Oct 5, 2016

Q. Overall, do you think the level of immigration into Australia over the last ten years has been too high, too low or about right?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other	Men	Women	Aged 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+
Total too high	50%	43%	58%	20%	68%	52%	48%	40%	50%	64%
Total too low	12%	16%	7%	34%	8%	9%	14%	14%	13%	9%
Much too high	28%	25%	29%	8%	48%	30%	26%	19%	29%	39%
A little too high	22%	18%	29%	12%	20%	22%	22%	21%	21%	25%
About right	28%	30%	31%	39%	19%	31%	25%	31%	28%	25%
A little too low	8%	9%	6%	19%	5%	6%	9%	8%	9%	7%
Much too low	4%	7%	1%	15%	3%	3%	5%	6%	4%	2%
Don’t know	10%	11%	5%	7%	5%	7%	13%	14%	10%	3%

50% think that the level of immigration into Australia over the last ten years has been too high, 28% think it has been about right and 12% think it has been too low.

Those most likely to think it has been too high were Liberal/National voters (58%), other party voters (68%) and people aged 55+ (64%).

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