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Multiculturalism

24 Apr 2018

Q. Which of the following statements do you most agree with?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other   Mar 2015
Multiculturalism and cultural diversity has enriched the social and economic lives of all Australians 55%   59% 57% 84% 29%   55%
Multiculturalism has failed and caused social division and dangerous extremism in Australia 32%   31% 31% 11% 60%   33%
Don’t know 13%   10% 13% 5% 11%   12%

 

A majority (55%) agree more that “Multiculturalism and cultural diversity has enriched the social and economic lives of all Australians” while 32% agree more that “Multiculturalism has failed and caused social division and dangerous extremism in Australia”.

Those most likely to agree that multiculturalism has enriched Australia were aged under 35 (62%), Greens voters (84%) and university educated (72%).

Those most likely to agree that multiculturalism has failed were aged 65+ (47%) and other party voters (60%).

Overall results were unchanged since this question was asked in March 2015.

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