Q. Do you agree or disagree that access to the Internet is becoming an essential service – like access to water and electricity?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Oct 2016 | ||||
Total agree | 92% | 95% | 93% | 93% | 92% | 93% | 92% | 90% | 94% | 92% | 88% | |||
Total disagree | 4% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 7% | |||
Strongly agree | 51% | 57% | 52% | 50% | 43% | 52% | 50% | 47% | 59% | 45% | 47% | |||
Agree | 41% | 38% | 41% | 43% | 49% | 41% | 42% | 43% | 35% | 47% | 41% | |||
Disagree | 3% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 6% | |||
Strongly disagree | 1% | 1% | <1% | – | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | |||
Don’t know | 4% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
92% agree that access to the internet is becoming an essential service. Only 4% disagreed.
There was very little difference across demographic and voter groups.