Q. Saturday 25th April is Anzac Day. Which of the following best describes what you will do on Anzac Day?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Apr 2014 | |||
| Attend an Anzac Day event or march | 23% | 24% | 27% | 16% | 20% | 21% | ||
| Not attend an event but watch the march on TV | 29% | 30% | 36% | 16% | 20% | 31% | ||
| Nothing special – it’s just a public holiday | 28% | 28% | 20% | 41% | 37% | 27% | ||
| Working – don’t get the Anzac Day holiday | 7% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 12% | 7% | ||
| Don’t know | 13% | 11% | 11% | 19% | 11% | 14% |
23% of respondents said they would attend an Anzac day event and 29% said they would watch the march on TV. 35% said it was just a holiday or were working. These results are much the same as last year’s.
66% of those aged 55+ said they would be attending an event or watching on TV compared to 41% of those aged under 35. 36% of those aged under 35 say it is just a public holiday.
25th April, Anzac, Anzac day, Anzac Day holiday, Anzac Day march
Q. Friday 25th April is Anzac Day. Which of the following best describes what you will do on Anzac Day?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Apr 13 |
|
| Attend an Anzac Day event or march |
21% |
18% |
22% |
23% |
35% |
17% |
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| Not attend an event but watch the march on TV |
31% |
31% |
36% |
26% |
26% |
36% |
||
| Nothing special – it’s just a public holiday |
27% |
29% |
26% |
24% |
20% |
35% |
||
| Working – don’t get the Anzac Day holiday |
7% |
7% |
5% |
11% |
6% |
7% |
||
| Don’t know |
14% |
16% |
11% |
15% |
13% |
5% |
21% of respondents said they would attend an Anzac day event and 31% said they would watch the march on TV. 34% said it was just a holiday or were working.
63% of those aged 55+ said they would be attending an event or watching on TV compared to 40% of those aged under 35. 36% of those aged under 35 say it is just a public holiday and 13% said they would be working.
(Last year’s question was asked over the Anzac weekend, so is not strictly comparable – the “don’t knows” are lower as some respondents completed the survey after Anzac Day.)
29 April 2013, 290413, Anzac day
Q. Thursday 25th April was/is Anzac Day. Which of the following best describes what you did (or will do) on Anzac Day?
|
Total
|
Vote ALP |
Vote Lib |
Vote Greens |
Men |
Women |
Aged |
Aged |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Attended an Anzac Day event or march |
17% |
18% |
19% |
10% |
20% |
14% |
11% |
19% |
22% |
| Didn’t attend an event but watched the march on TV |
36% |
39% |
37% |
27% |
35% |
36% |
30% |
33% |
45% |
| Nothing special – it was just a public holiday |
35% |
35% |
34% |
42% |
34% |
36% |
44% |
37% |
23% |
| Working – don’t get the Anzac Day holiday |
7% |
5% |
8% |
12% |
6% |
9% |
10% |
7% |
5% |
| Don’t know |
5% |
4% |
2% |
8% |
4% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
17% of respondents said they attended an Anzac day event and 36% said they watched a march on TV. 42% said it was just a holiday or were working.
Only 11% of those aged under 35 attended an event compared to 22% of those aged 55+.