Q. Compared with 50 years ago, do you think life for people like you in Australia today is better, worse or about the same?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Total better | 45% | 47% | 54% | 60% | 27% | 46% | 46% | 50% | 42% | 46% | ||
| Total worse | 34% | 32% | 29% | 25% | 57% | 36% | 32% | 27% | 36% | 40% | ||
| A lot better | 18% | 17% | 26% | 23% | 8% | 19% | 18% | 22% | 15% | 20% | ||
| A little better | 27% | 30% | 28% | 37% | 19% | 27% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 26% | ||
| About the same | 14% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 16% | 16% | 11% | ||
| A little worse | 23% | 22% | 22% | 18% | 29% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 25% | ||
| A lot worse | 11% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 28% | 12% | 10% | 6% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 6% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 3% |
45% think that life for people in Australia today is better than 50 years ago and 34% think it is worse.
Those more likely to think it is better were Greens voters (60%), Liberal/National voters (54%), aged 18-34 (50%), incomes over $2,000 pw (51%) and university educated (54%).
Those more likely to think it is worse were independent and other party voters (57%), aged 55+ (40%), those who had not completed year 12 (40%) and those with incomes under $1,000 pw (40%)