Q. Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Nov 2010 | Jul 2011 | Sep 2012 | Oct 2013 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2015 | Mar 2016 | |||
| Should be allowed to marry | 58% | 67% | 50% | 91% | 46% | 53% | 54% | 55% | 57% | 60% | 59% | 64% | ||
| Should not be allowed to marry | 28% | 22% | 37% | 7% | 47% | 36% | 35% | 36% | 31% | 28% | 30% | 26% | ||
| Don’t know | 14% | 11% | 14% | 2% | 7% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% |
58% agreed that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry and 28% think they should not. This is a 6% drop in support since March but similar to average level of support over the last 3 years.
Support for same sex marriage is 54% among men and 62% among women. 67% of under 35’s support same sex marriage – while those aged 65+ split 40% in favour/49% against.