What do Australian people think about multiculturalism?
Social axis · 🇦🇺 Australia · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
12% of Australian respondents take the position “Newcomers add more to our way of life than they take away.”, against 69% for “Too many newcomers puts our way of life at risk.”, with 19% choosing neither. n = 114, margin of error ±9.5, weighted to Australia's adult population.
Where Australia sits on social
What is measured about Australia on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Born in another country
UN DESA migrant stock · 2024
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30.4% |
higher than most countries
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Urban population
UN World Urbanization Prospects · 2025
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87.7% |
higher than most countries
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Using the internet
ITU · 2024
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96.1% |
among the highest in the world
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on multiculturalism
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Too many newcomers puts our way of life at risk.
B · Newcomers add more to our way of life than they take away.
World, unweighted: 53% A ·
17% neither ·
30% B · n = 4753
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12% B 🇦🇺 n=114 |
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A · The old kind of family is what holds a society together.
B · A society is stronger when all kinds of family are treated the same.
World, unweighted: 47% A ·
19% neither ·
34% B · n = 4759
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17% B 🇦🇺 n=114 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- Australia public opinion on multiculturalism
- Multiculturalism poll australia
- What do australian people think about multiculturalism
- What percentage of australian people support multiculturalism
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.