Preference towards Covid-19 vaccines

Q. As you may be aware, there are currently two vaccines available in Australia – the Pfizer vaccine and the AstraZeneca (Oxford) vaccine.

Which of the following is closer to your view?

[Asked only to those who selected ‘I’d get vaccinated as soon as possible’, ‘I’d get vaccinated, but wouldn’t do it straight away’ or ‘I’d never get vaccinated’ when asked the question: ‘The Covid-19 vaccine rollout is underway in Australia. Once a vaccine becomes available to you, how long would you wait before taking it?’]

	02/08	05/07	07/06	26/04
I would be willing to get either the AstraZeneca vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine	24%	20%	35%	34%
I would be willing to get the AstraZeneca vaccine but not the Pfizer vaccine	3%	4%	6%	3%
I would be willing to get the Pfizer vaccine but not the AstraZeneca vaccine	47%	42%	30%	28%
I would not be willing to get either the AstraZeneca vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine	14%	18%	14%	15%
Unsure	12%	16%	15%	20%
Base (n)	698	806	913	1,005

• The proportion of Australians who have not yet been vaccinated and are willing to get either the AstraZeneca vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine is now at 24% (20% last month).
• 47% of people have not been vaccinated and would receive the Pfizer, but not the AstraZeneca vaccine. This unwillingness to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine has increased from 28% in April.

18-39	02/08	05/07	07/06	26/04
I would be willing to get the Pfizer vaccine but not the AstraZeneca vaccine	48%	41%	30%	28%
Base (n)	371	431	445	439

 

40-49	02/08	05/07	07/06	26/04
I would be willing to get the Pfizer vaccine but not the AstraZeneca vaccine	47%	47%	36%	28%
Base (n)	105	172	174	138

 

50-59	02/08	05/07	07/06	26/04
I would be willing to get the Pfizer vaccine but not the AstraZeneca vaccine	53%	43%	31%	30%
Base (n)	100	184	168	151

 

60-69	02/08	05/07	07/06	26/04
I would be willing to get the Pfizer vaccine but not the AstraZeneca vaccine	41%	21%	18%	27%
Base (n)	84	174	171	188

• Unwillingness to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine has increased across all age groups since April.
• Among those aged 50-59, over half (53%) who are unvaccinated would be unwilling to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine (increase from 30% in April).
• Among those aged 60-69, 41% of those who are unvaccinated would be unwilling to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine (increase from 27% in April).

	Total	Gender		Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
I would be willing to get either the AstraZeneca vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine	24%	29%	20%	23%	30%	29%	16%
I would be willing to get the AstraZeneca vaccine but not the Pfizer vaccine	3%	4%	3%	6%	2%	1%	0%
I would be willing to get the Pfizer vaccine but not the AstraZeneca vaccine	47%	41%	51%	51%	52%	41%	33%
I would not be willing to get either the AstraZeneca vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine	14%	15%	13%	9%	9%	18%	40%
Unsure	12%	11%	13%	12%	8%	10%	12%
Base (n)	698	316	382	250	223	71	83

• Unwillingness to receive the Pfizer vaccine is highest among women (51%).
• 40% of unvaccinated minor/independent party voters are unwilling to receive either vaccine.