29 January 2013, 290113, Australia Day, celebration, citizens day, public holiday
Q. Saturday 26th January is Australia Day with the public holiday on the Monday. Will you personally be doing anything to celebrate Australia Day or do you treat it as just a public holiday?
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18 Jan 10 |
Total 29 Jan 13 |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Doing something to celebrate Australia Day |
40% |
41% |
43% |
44% |
27% |
45% |
38% |
39% |
| Just a public holiday |
40% |
43% |
41% |
41% |
61% |
38% |
46% |
44% |
| Working – don’t get the Australia Day holiday |
6% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
2% |
8% |
8% |
6% |
| Don’t know |
14% |
9% |
9% |
7% |
10% |
8% |
8% |
12% |
41% of people surveyed said they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, 43% treat Australia Day as just a public holiday and 7% are working because they don’t get the Australia Day holiday. These are similar results to the last time this question was asked three years ago.
Females were more likely to indicate they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day (45%) while males were more likely to think it is just a public holiday (45%).
18-34 year olds were more likely than those in other age groups to be doing something to celebrate Australia Day (45%).