Views towards level of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions

Q. Thinking about the latest Covid-19 lockdown in your area, do you think the restrictions are…?

[Asked only to respondents with lockdown restrictions in their area]

	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Too strong	27%	30%	24%	24%	28%	30%	21%	32%	26%	43%
About right	61%	58%	65%	63%	60%	61%	67%	60%	66%	43%
Too weak	11%	11%	12%	13%	13%	9%	12%	8%	8%	14%
Base (n)	925	465	460	308	324	293	324	344	80	97

 

	State
	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA
Too strong	28%	35%	20%	12%	30%
About right	56%	57%	70%	70%	70%
Too weak	16%	8%	11%	18%	0%
Base (n)	345	275	156	58	51

• 61% of people under lockdown restrictions think the lockdown restrictions in their area are about right. 27% think they’re too strong and 11% too weak.
• Victorians are most likely to think their restrictions are too strong (35%). In comparison, 28% of NSW residents think their restrictions are too strong. Those in NSW are more likely than Victorians to think the restrictions there are too weak (16% to 8% respectively).