Q. Do you think social and economic inequality in Australia is increasing, decreasing or staying about the same?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
Total increasing | 52% | 58% | 43% | 67% | 55% | 46% | 55% | 56% | ||
Total decreasing | 12% | 12% | 15% | 8% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 16% | ||
Increasing a lot | 24% | 28% | 14% | 41% | 30% | 17% | 27% | 28% | ||
Increasing a little | 28% | 30% | 29% | 26% | 25% | 29% | 28% | 28% | ||
Staying about the same | 26% | 23% | 36% | 21% | 22% | 31% | 24% | 24% | ||
Decreasing a little | 8% | 8% | 13% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 12% | ||
Decreasing a lot | 4% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 4% | ||
Don’t know | 10% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 10% | 12% | 11% | 4% |
52% believe that social and economic inequality in Australia is increasing, 12% think it is decreasing and 26% think it is staying much the same.
Those most likely to think inequality is increasing were Greens voters (67%) and Labor voters (58%).