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economic issue, electricity costs, petrol prices
Concern about economic issues
Q. How concerned are you personally about the following economic issues?
Very concerned
Somewhat concerned
Not so concerned
Not at all concerned
Don’t know
Cost of electricity and gas 57%
28%
12%
2%
2%
Cost of petrol 49%
33%
11%
4%
3%
Cost of food and groceries 45%
37%
13%
3%
2%
Housing affordability 40%
35%
18%
4%
3%
Job security 35%
34%
21%
8%
3%
Wealth disparity 33%
30%
22%
7%
9%
Unemployment 31%
41%
19%
6%
4%
Tax levels 28%
36%
25%
8%
4%
Interest rates 25%
31%
30%
11%
3%
Value of the Australian dollar 22%
31%
34%
8%
5%
The current budget deficit 21%
33%
29%
11%
6%
National debt 21%
33%
30%
11%
5%
Economic issues of most concern were cost of electricity/gas (57% very concerned), cost of petrol (49%), cost of food and groceries (45%) and housing affordability (40%).
68% of those aged 45+ were very concerned about the cost of electricity/gas.
Women were more concerned than men about cost of food and groceries (51% vs 39% very concerned), cost of electricity/gas (62% vs 52%) and cost of petrol (56% vs 43%).
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economic issues, economy, inflation, Interest rates, pension, petrol prices, superannuation, taxation, unemployment
Concern Regarding National Economic Issues
Q. How concerned are you personally about each of the following economic issues facing Australia today?
The issues that most people are very concerned about include food prices and inflation generally (55%), jobs going overseas (49%) and executive salaries (48%). A significant number of people are very concerned about petrol and energy prices (45%) and affordability of housing (41%).
Coalition voters were more likely to be very concerned about food prices and inflation generally (60%), jobs going overseas (57%) and Government debt (54%). Labor voters were more likely to be very concerned about executive wages (54%) and improving wages for low income earners (32%).
Females were more likely than males to be very concerned on most issues, in particular food prices and inflation generally (66% v 45%), improving wages for low income earners (34% v 22%) and unemployment (33% v 25%).