Q. Would you support or oppose Australia becoming a republic with an Australian head of state?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jan 2017 | Jan 2018 | May 2018 | |||
| Total support | 44% | 53% | 43% | 57% | 35% | 44% | 44% | 48% | ||
| Total oppose | 32% | 26% | 40% | 23% | 45% | 30% | 29% | 30% | ||
| Strongly support | 16% | 22% | 12% | 17% | 16% | 21% | 18% | 21% | ||
| Support | 28% | 31% | 31% | 40% | 19% | 23% | 26% | 27% | ||
| Oppose | 15% | 14% | 20% | 12% | 15% | 18% | 14% | 17% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 17% | 12% | 20% | 11% | 30% | 12% | 15% | 13% | ||
| Don’t know | 24% | 22% | 17% | 20% | 20% | 26% | 26% | 22% |
44% support Australia becoming a republic and 32% oppose. 24% have no opinion.
This is a small drop in support (down 4%) for a republic since this question was asked in May.
Younger respondents were a little more likely to support a republic – 50% of those aged under 35 support a republic compared to 43% of aged 35-54 and 39% of those aged 55+.