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  • Apr, 2013

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    Population growth

    Q. Australia’s population has now reached 23 million and is growing by more than 300,000 a year. Do you think Australia’s population growth rate is too fast, too slow or about right?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Too fast

    45%

    41%

    50%

    45%

    Too slow

    5%

    6%

    5%

    3%

    About right

    37%

    42%

    38%

    32%

    Don’t know

    13%

    11%

    8%

    20%

    45% think Australia’s population growth rate is too fast, 5% think it is too slow and 37% about right.

    Those most likely to think it is too fast were Liberal/National voters (50%), aged 45-64 (51%) and incomes under $1,000pw (55%).

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