Q, Over the next 12 months do you think your personal financial situation will get better, get worse or stay much the same?
| 28 Jun
10 |
18 Oct
10 |
4 April
11 |
4 Jul
11 |
3 Oct
11 |
Vote
Labor |
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Lib/Nat |
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Greens |
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| Total better | 29% | 33% | 32% | 28% | 24% | 30% | 23% | 32% |
| Total worse | 31% | 29% | 31% | 36% | 41% | 27% | 52% | 35% |
| Get a lot better | 5% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 7% |
| Get a little better | 24% | 27% | 25% | 23% | 20% | 24% | 20% | 25% |
| Get a little worse | 21% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 27% | 16% | 34% | 29% |
| Get a lot worse | 10% | 8% | 9% | 13% | 14% | 11% | 18% | 6% |
| Stay much the same | 37% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 41% | 24% | 31% |
| No opinion | 4% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Twenty four per cent (24%) of respondents believe that their personal financial situation will get a lot better (4%) or a little better (20%) in the next 12 months. A larger proportion of respondents believe that their personal financial situation will get a little worse (27%) or a lot worse (14%) over the next 12 months (41% total worse).
Compared to 12 months ago, individual optimism over personal financial situations has weakened, falling from 33% (total better) in October 2010 to 24% (total better).
The proportion of respondents believing their personal financial situation will get worse over the next 12 months has risen 12% from 29% (total worse) in October 2010 to 41% (total worse).
Greens voters are the most likely to believe that their personal financial situation will get better over the next 12 months (32% total better), whereas Coalition voters are the most likely to believe that theirs will get worse (52% total worse).