Australian economic issues, cost of living, national debt, unemployement
Q. Which Australian economic issue worries you most?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Unemployment |
11% |
15% |
9% |
16% |
6% |
|
| The cost of living |
56% |
63% |
49% |
46% |
70% |
|
| The current budget deficit |
6% |
1% |
14% |
5% |
2% |
|
| National debt |
5% |
2% |
12% |
2% |
5% |
|
| House prices |
7% |
6% |
7% |
9% |
6% |
|
| The high Australian dollar |
2% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
2% |
|
| Insecure employment |
7% |
9% |
4% |
15% |
7% |
|
| Don’t know |
2% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
– |
|
| None of these |
2% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
The majority of Australians (56%) selected ‘the cost of living’ as the Australian economic issue that worries them most.
At 11% ‘unemployment’ was the second most frequently selected.
Labor (63%) and Other (70%) voters were even more likely to select ‘the cost of living’. Lib/Nat (49%) and Green (46%) voters were less likely.
Females (63%) were more likely than males (50%) to select the cost of living. Those aged 65+ were less likely to select ‘the cost of living’ (50%), and were more likely to select ‘the current budget deficit’ (17%) and ‘national debt’ (12%).