Middle class, Social Class, Working class
Q. Do you consider yourself –
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Income under $600 |
Income $600 – $1,000 |
Income $1,000 – $1,600 |
Income $1,600+ |
|
April 2013 |
|
| Working class |
31% |
36% |
27% |
24% |
38% |
39% |
42% |
32% |
24% |
33% |
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| Middle class |
49% |
46% |
58% |
51% |
39% |
29% |
36% |
54% |
64% |
53% |
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| Upper class |
2% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
3% |
2% |
* |
1% |
3% |
2% |
|||
| None of them |
13% |
11% |
10% |
16% |
17% |
25% |
17% |
10% |
6% |
10% |
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| Don’t know |
6% |
5% |
3% |
8% |
3% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
49% of respondents described themselves as “middle class” and 31% as “working class” – only 2% 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.
The results are not substantially different from those when this question was asked last year.
020413, 2 April 2013, Labor party interests, Middle class, Upper class, Working class
Q. Whose interests do you think the Labor Party mainly represent?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Working class |
Middle class |
|
| Working class |
30% |
43% |
28% |
25% |
27% |
34% |
| Middle class |
16% |
24% |
8% |
36% |
18% |
17% |
| Upper class |
13% |
4% |
17% |
10% |
17% |
10% |
| All of them |
8% |
19% |
3% |
12% |
5% |
10% |
| None of them |
22% |
3% |
35% |
7% |
19% |
22% |
| Don’t know |
11% |
7% |
10% |
9% |
13% |
7% |
30% believe that the Labor Party mainly represents working class people and 22% don’t think they represent any class. 43% of Labor voters think the Labor Party mainly represents the working class and 36% of Greens voters think they mainly represent the middle class. 35% of Liberal/National voters don’t think they represent any class.
27% of respondents who describe themselves as working class and 34% of those who say they are middle class think the Labor Party mainly represents the working class. 35% of those who say they are working class think the Labor Party mainly represents the middle or upper classes.
12 March 2012, 120312, class, higher incomes, incomes, lower incomes, Middle class, Polling, polls, Social Class, society, Upper class, Working class
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.