gay marriage, lgbti rights, marriage equality, same sex marriage
Q. Same-sex marriage has now been legal in Australia for two years (since December 2017). To what extent do you think allowing same-sex people to marry has had a positive or negative impact on Australia?
| Total | Federal Voting Intention | ||||
| Labor | Coalition | Greens | NET: Other | ||
| Strong positive impact | 24% | 28% | 18% | 43% | 22% |
| Somewhat positive impact | 23% | 27% | 24% | 22% | 10% |
| Neither positive, nor negative impact | 38% | 33% | 43% | 27% | 38% |
| Somewhat negative impact | 7% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 10% |
| Strong negative impact | 8% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 21% |
| NET: Positive impact | 47% | 55% | 42% | 65% | 31% |
| NET: Negative impact | 15% | 12% | 15% | 8% | 31% |
| Base (n) | 1,035 | 339 | 356 | 106 | 116 |
22 October 2013, 221013, gay marriage, marriage equality, same sex marriage
Q. Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
|
Total 22 Oct 13 |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
15 Nov 10 |
14 Mar 11 |
4 Jul 11 |
13 Aug 12 |
24 Sep 12 |
22 Apr 13 |
6 May 13 |
|
| Should be allowed to marry |
57% |
65% |
41% |
80% |
|
53% |
49% |
54% |
54% |
55% |
54% |
58% |
|
| Should not be allowed to marry |
31% |
23% |
45% |
10% |
|
36% |
40% |
35% |
33% |
36% |
33% |
32% |
|
| Don’t know |
12% |
11% |
14% |
11% |
|
11% |
10% |
11% |
13% |
9% |
13% |
10% |
57% agree that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry and 31% think they should not. These results are very similar to the last time this issue was measured in May. However, over the last 3 years support for same sex marriage has increased a little and opposition declined.
Support for same sex marriage is 49% among men but 65% among women. 66% of under 35’s and 62% of those with university education support same sex marriage.
24 September 2012, 240912, gay marriage, legalisation of gay marriage, same sex marriage
Q. Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
|
15 Nov 2010 |
14 Mar 2011 |
4 Jul 2011 |
13 Aug 2012 |
24 Sept 2012 |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Should be allowed to marry |
53% |
49% |
54% |
54% |
55% |
68% |
41% |
89% |
| Should not be allowed to marry |
36% |
40% |
35% |
33% |
36% |
25% |
50% |
4% |
| Don’t know |
11% |
10% |
11% |
13% |
9% |
7% |
9% |
7% |
There has not been a great deal of movement in the figures since the last time the question was polled on 13 August: with a 1% increase in those in favour of same sex marriage (55%) and a 3% increase in those opposed (36%). This translates to a 4% reduction in the don’t knows: moving from 13% in August to 9% this week.
There has been little movement in the results in the two years since the question was first polled in November 2010.