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Uptake of a Covid-19 vaccine

6 Jul 2021

Q. The Covid-19 vaccine rollout is underway in Australia.

Once a vaccine becomes available to you, how long would you wait before taking it?

  05/07 07/06 10/05 26/04 15/03 01/03 18/01 14/12 10/08
I’d get vaccinated as soon as possible / I’ve already been vaccinated / I’ve already had the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine / I’ve already had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine 51% 52% 44% 42% 49% 50% 42% 43% 56%
I’d get vaccinated, but wouldn’t do it straight away 33% 36% 42% 42% 40% 40% 47% 46% 35%
I’d never get vaccinated 16% 13% 14% 16% 12% 10% 11% 10% 8%
Base (n) 1,099 1,104 1,092 1,090 1,124 1,074 1,084 1,071 1,008
  • About half of Australians say they would get vaccinated as soon as possible, already have been vaccinated, or already have had the first dose or both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (51%), consistent with last month.
  • Slightly fewer people now say they would get vaccinated but not straight away (33% from 36% last month).
  • 16% now say they would never get vaccinated.
18-34 05/07 07/06 10/05
I’d get vaccinated as soon as possible / I’ve already been vaccinated / I’ve already had the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine / I’ve already had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine 35% 45% 32%
I’d get vaccinated, but wouldn’t do it straight away 39% 41% 48%
I’d never get vaccinated 26% 15% 20%
Base (n) 341 347 340
NSW 05/07 07/06 10/05
I’d get vaccinated as soon as possible / I’ve already been vaccinated / I’ve already had the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine / I’ve already had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine 56% 56% 48%
I’d get vaccinated, but wouldn’t do it straight away 30% 34% 40%
I’d never get vaccinated 14% 10% 12%
Base (n) 553 349 349
  • Despite the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in NSW, a consistent level of those in NSW say they would get vaccinated as soon as possible, already have been vaccinated, or already have had the first dose or both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine compared to last month (56%).
  • Fewer of those in NSW now say they would get vaccinated but not straight away (30% from 34% last month), and slightly more now say they would never get vaccinated (14% from 10% last month).
  • With the recent changes in the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout strategy affecting under 40s, fewer of those aged 18-34 now say they would get vaccinated as soon as possible, already have been vaccinated, or already have had the first dose or both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (35% from 45% last month). This is consistent with the level in May.
  • About a quarter (26%) of those aged 18-34 now say they would never get vaccinated (15% last month). This is the highest proportion recorded since this question was first asked in August last year.
  • Slightly fewer of those 18-34 say they would get vaccinated but not straight away (39% from 41% last month).
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