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Coronavirus concerns

Jun 23, 2020

Q. To what extent are you concerned about the threat of Covid-19 (coronavirus) in Australia?

	22/06	15/06	08/06	01/06	25/05	18/05	11/05	04/05	27/04	20/04
Very concerned	25%	28%	27%	32%	30%	33%	34%	32%	39%	44%
Quite concerned	50%	45%	48%	49%	49%	47%	49%	46%	44%	43%
Not that concerned	21%	23%	21%	15%	16%	16%	14%	18%	13%	11%
Not at all concerned	4%	4%	5%	4%	5%	4%	3%	4%	3%	2%
Base (n)	1,079	1,087	1,073	1,059	1,087	1,073	1,067	1,093	1,054	1,051

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Specific covid-19 concerns

Apr 21, 2020

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Q. To what extent are you concerned about these possible impacts of the Covid-19?

NET: CONCERNED (VERY/SOMEWHAT)	20/04	13/04
The Australian economy as a whole	87%	85%
General unemployment if companies are forced out of business	83%	79%
The physical health of close family members	74%	73%
The impact on my superannuation, savings or investments	67%	63%
My close family members’ mental health	64%	61%
My physical health and catching the virus	64%	62%
My economic situation if I lose my job or have less work	59%	58%
My ability to buy food and essential items if stores run out	58%	58%
Children’s development by missing out on school	56%	52%
My mental health as a result of social distancing	50%	47%
Base (n)	1,051	1,068

Economic issues are seen as most concerning when thinking about the consequences of the Covid-19 crisis. 87% say they are concerned (very/somewhat) about the economy as a whole and 83% are concerned about general unemployment.
Those aged 18-34 were more likely than other age groups to be concerned about the impact on their mental health (67% to 43%), and that of their families (74% to 601%).
Concern for children is highest among those in households with dependent children (62% are very or somewhat concerned).

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Concern about household expenses

May 5, 2015

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Q. How concerned or unconcerned are you about the current costs of each specific expense for your household?

	Total concern-ed	Total not concern-ed	Very concern-ed	Not at all concern-ed	Don’t know	House-hold does not have this expense	Total concern-ed July 2014	Very concern-ed July 2014
Electricity	72%	25%	34%	7%	2%	1%	80%	49%
Health or medical (includes health insurance)	67%	24%	31%	6%	3%	5%	76%	42%
Food and groceries	65%	33%	25%	8%	2%	*	70%	29%
Transport (petrol, car, public transport)	60%	36%	22%	8%	2%	1%	74%	35%
Water	52%	40%	18%	10%	3%	6%	63%	29%
Mortgage or rent	48%	32%	21%	12%	3%	17%	53%	26%
Home insurance	48%	37%	18%	8%	4%	10%	61%	27%
Gas	43%	32%	16%	9%	2%	22%	54%	27%
Internet	42%	54%	12%	14%	2%	1%	47%	19%
Telephone	39%	56%	12%	16%	3%	2%	51%	20%
Education	38%	35%	17%	12%	2%	25%	51%	26%

The household expenses of most concern were electricity (72% concerned), health or medical (67%), food and groceries (65%) and transport (60%).

Since this question was asked in July last year, levels of concern about household expenses has dropped for all items. However, there has been little change in the ranking of issues of concern.

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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019

Labor

51.5%-0.5

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