Q. What percentage of Australian residents do you think are Muslim?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Feb 2011 | |||
| 1% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 6% | ||
| 2% | 19% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 24% | 11% | ||
| 3-5% | 24% | 24% | 26% | 31% | 23% | 26% | ||
| 6-10% | 12% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 20% | ||
| More than 10% | 15% | 18% | 12% | 9% | 17% | 19% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 14% | 205 | 14% | 13% | 18% |
28% think that Muslims make up 1-2% of Australia’s population, 24% think they make up 3-5% and 27% think it is over 5%. The actual figure is 2.2% – meaning 51% have over-estimated the number of Muslims in Australia.
Those who think it is 1-2% were more likely to be men (33%) and aged 55+ (37%).