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Concern about Muslims (post information)

11 Oct 2016

Q. The most recent Census figures show that in fact only 2.2% of the Australian population identifies as Muslim.  In light of this information, how concerned are you about the number of Muslim people in Australia?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Feb 2011
Total concerned 47%   42% 56% 25% 67%   50%
Total not concerned 47%   55% 39% 74% 31%   45%
Very Concerned 21%   20% 23% 9% 38%   22%
Somewhat concerned 26%   22% 33% 16% 29%   28%
Not very concerned 24%   26% 22% 32% 16%   26%
Not at all concerned 23%   29% 17% 42% 15%   19%
Don’t know/Refused 6%   4% 5% 1% 3%   5%

After being given some information about the number of Muslims in Australia, 47% said they were still very/somewhat concerned and 47% said they were not very or not at all concerned. This represents a 6% fall in level of concern from the question asked before this information was given to respondents.

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