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 | Jul 2016 | |||
| Should be allowed to marry | 62% | 72% | 53% | 92% | 48% | 53% | 54% | 55% | 57% | 60% | 59% | 64% | 58% | ||
| Should not be allowed to marry | 27% | 20% | 35% | 5% | 41% | 36% | 35% | 36% | 31% | 28% | 30% | 26% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 12% | 85 | 12% | 3% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 14% |
62% (up 4% since July) agreed that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry and 27% (down 1%) think they should not.
Support for same sex marriage is 56% among men and 67% among women. 71% of under 35’s support same sex marriage – while those aged 65+ split 47% in favour/39% against.