The Essential Report Archive Read the latest report

Workers’ productivity

29 Jul 2013

Q. Overall, in your experience, how productive are most Australian workers?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Full time workers

Part time workers

 

30 Jul 12

6 Feb 12

Very productive

12%

14%

12%

13%

10%

12%

14%

15%

Quite productive

55%

61%

52%

55%

54%

56%

59%

59%

Not so productive

25%

19%

30%

22%

27%

27%

19%

19%

Not at all productive

3%

1%

4%

4%

4%

2%

3%

2%

Don’t know

5%

4%

3%

6%

5%

3%

5%

5%

67% think that overall, most Australian workers are very or quite productive. This figure has fallen a little since this question was asked in July last year.

Labor voters (75%) are more likely than Liberal/National voters (64%) to think workers are productive. There were no substantial differences across income or age groups.

Error: