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  • Mar, 2012

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    Social Class Identification

    Q. Do you consider yourself –

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Income under $600pw

    Income $600 – $1,000pw

    Income $1,000 – $1,600pw

    Income $1,600+

    Working class

    34%

    41%

    30%

    24%

    40%

    44%

    40%

    22%

    Middle class

    50%

    46%

    54%

    64%

    31%

    36%

    52%

    69%

    Upper class

    1%

    *

    1%

    *

    1%

    2%

    None of them

    12%

    11%

    12%

    12%

    27%

    18%

    6%

    5%

    Don’t know

    3%

    2%

    2%

    1%

    2%

    1%

    1%

    50% of respondents described themselves as “middle class” and 34% as “working class” – only 1% claimed to be “upper class”.

    Those on higher incomes were more likely to identify as “middle class” while those on lower incomes were less likely to identify with any of these descriptions.

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