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Australia Day
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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