Q. It has been estimated that Australia will have a population of 36 million by 2050. Do you think this will be good or bad for Australia?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Total good | 16% | 17% | 18% | 16% |
Total bad | 55% | 50% | 63% | 58% |
Very good | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
Good | 13% | 13% | 15% | 13% |
Neither good nor bad | 21% | 26% | 15% | 22% |
Bad | 32% | 32% | 35% | 36% |
Very bad | 23% | 18% | 28% | 22% |
Don’t know | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% |
55% believe that having a population of 36 million by 2050 will be bad for Australia – 16% think it will be good for Australia.
The concern about this level of population is fairly similar across voter groups – although Liberal/National voters (63%) are more likely to think it is bad than Labor voters (50%).