Australian Republic, commonwealth, ER, Essential Report, Greens, Labor, Liberals, Nationals, Republic
Q. Are you in favour or against Australia becoming a republic?
| Jan 2010 | March 2011 | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| In favour | 41% | 39% | 41% | 51% | 35% | 56% |
| Against | 32% | 34% | 33% | 21% | 45% | 19% |
| No opinion | 27% | 27% | 26% | 28% | 19% | 26% |
41% favour Australia becoming a republic and 33% are against – showing little change since this question was asked in January 2010. 26% have no opinion.
Those most in favour were men (51%), Greens voters (56%) and Labor voters (51%).
Those most against were aged 65+ (56%) and Liberal/National voters (45%).
Australian Republic, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Polling, polls, Republic
Q. Are you in favour or against Australia becoming a republic?
| Jan 2010 | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| In favour | 41% | 39% | 55% | 27% | 63% |
| Against | 32% | 34% | 20% | 53% | 15% |
| No opinion | 27% | 27% | 25% | 21% | 22% |
39% of respondents are in favour of Australia becoming a republic, 34% are against and 27% hold no opinion.
There has been little shift in attitudes from the Jan 2010 poll.
Labor (55%) and Green (63%) voters are more likely to be in favour of a republic. Lib/Nat voters (53%) are more likely to be against Australia becoming a republic.
Males (46%) were more likely than females (33%) to be in favour of Australia becoming a republic. However this did not translate to large numbers of females being against Australia becoming a republic (36% of females compared to 31%) of males, but rather more females (31%) than males (23%) stating that they have no opinion.
Those aged 45-54 were the most likely to be in favour of a republic (48%), but there were also surprisingly high level of support for a republic from older age groups – 41% of those aged 55-64 and 42% of those aged 65+ stated that they were in favour of Australia becoming a republic.
Australian Republic, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, monarchy, Polling, polls, Prince Charles, Prince William, Republic
Q. Would you be in favour or against Australia becoming a republic if Prince Charles became the next King?
Q. Would you be in favour or against Australia becoming a republic if Prince William became the next King?
| Total | Prince Charles as King | Prince William as King | |
| In favour | 39% | 38% | 37% |
| Against | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| No opinion | 27% | 30% | 30% |
Attitudes towards Australia becoming a republic barely moved when respondents were asked their opinion if Prince Charles or Prince William were King.
There was no noticeable difference in attitude between the genders or the age brackets.