Essential Report

Australia Day

Jan 29, 2020

Q. Will you personally be doing anything to celebrate Australia Day or do you treat it as just a public holiday?

	Total	Aged 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+	Jan’19	Jan ‘17	Jan ‘16	Jan ‘15
Doing something to celebrate Australia Day	34%	32%	32%	37%	40%	34%	38%	40%
Just a public holiday	46%	50%	46%	43%	45%	46%	44%	41%
Working – I don’t get the Australia Day holiday	6%	8%	3%	3%	6%	5%	6%	7%
Don’t know	14%	9%	14%	17%	9%	15%	12%	12%
Base (n)	1,080	330	374	376	1,652

34% said they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, 46% treat Australia Day as just a public holiday and 6% are working because they don’t get the Australia Day holiday.
People aged 18-34 were less likely to be engaging in specific celebrations to mark the National Day compared to last year (32%, down from 45% in 2019).

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