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 | Oct 2013 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2015 | Jul 2016 | Jun 2017 | Oct 2017 | |||
| Should be allowed to marry | 65% | 76% | 54% | 89% | 54% | 57% | 60% | 59% | 58% | 61% | 61% | ||
| Should not be allowed to marry | 26% | 17% | 37% | 5% | 41% | 31% | 28% | 30% | 28% | 26% | 32% | ||
| Don’t know | 9% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 4% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 7% |
Support for same sex marriage appears to have increased a little since the national vote.
65% thought that people of the same sex should be able to marry and 26% thought that they should not.
Women (67% support) were more likely than men (62%) to support same sex marriage.
76% of 18-34 year olds supported same sex marriage, compared to 52% of over 65 year olds.