Q. The leader of the National Party, Barnaby Joyce, has suggested that people who cannot afford housing in Sydney and Melbourne should consider moving and buying a home in a country town or rural area. Do you think this would be a good idea or a bad idea?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total good idea | 36% | 33% | 48% | 29% | 36% | |
| Total bad idea | 24% | 31% | 14% | 37% | 26% | |
| A very good idea | 12% | 9% | 18% | 10% | 13% | |
| A good idea | 24% | 24% | 30% | 19% | 23% | |
| Neither a good nor bad idea | 31% | 29% | 31% | 30% | 34% | |
| A bad idea | 12% | 13% | 10% | 23% | 11% | |
| A very bad idea | 12% | 18% | 4% | 14% | 15% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 3% |
36% think it would be a good idea for people who cannot afford a house in Sydney or Melbourne to move to the country. 24% think it is a bad idea and 31% think it is neither.
Those most likely to think it is a good idea were Liberal/National voters (48%) and aged 65+ (46%).
Those most likely to think it is a bad idea were Greens voters (37%).