The Census

Q. Next Tuesday’s 2016 Census of Population and Housing will require all people to provide their names and addresses which will be keep associated with the data for four years. Do you approve or disapprove of the Census keeping names and addresses?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other
Total approve	45%		43%	57%	42%	35%
Total disapprove	39%		45%	28%	44%	55%
Strongly approve	10%		9%	14%	9%	6%
Approve	35%		34%	43%	33%	29%
Disapprove	22%		22%	20%	27%	26%
Strongly disapprove	17%		23%	8%	17%	29%
Don’t know	16%		12%	15%	14%	9%

45% approve of the Census keeping names and addresses and 39% disapprove.

Those more likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (57%), aged 55+ (51%), incomes over $2,000 pw (51%) and university educated (51%).

Those most likely to disapprove were other party and independent voters (55%).