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Oct 5, 2016
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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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