Immigration level

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		Oct 2016
Total too high	64%		62%	68%	35%	86%		50%
Total too low	5%		6%	4%	21%	2%		12%
Much too high	37%		34%	37%	17%	64%		28%
A little too high	27%		28%	31%	18%	22%		22%
About right	23%		24%	26%	37%	9%		28%
A little too low	4%		5%	3%	16%	1%		8%
Much too low	1%		1%	1%	5%	1%		4%
Don’t know	7%		7%	3%	8%	3%		10%

 

64% think that the level of immigration into Australia over the last ten years has been too high – up from 50% recorded in October 2016. 23% think it is about right and only 5% think it is too low. Over 60% of both Labor and Liberal National voters think it is too high.

57% of those aged under 45 think it is too high compared to 71% of those aged 45+.