| 1 Much better |
| 2 Slightly better |
| 3 About the same |
| 4 Slightly worse |
| 5 Much worse |
| 8 Other (Specify)________________________ |
| 9 DK |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | total% | n | ||
| total | 24.4% | 31.3% | 30.4% | 8.0% | 4.0% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 100.0% | 700 | |
| gender | Male | 24.9% | 32.0% | 29.7% | 8.0% | 3.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 100.0% | 337 |
| Female | 24.0% | 30.6% | 31.1% | 8.0% | 4.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 100.0% | 363 | |
| age | 18-19yrs | 37.9% | 37.9% | 10.3% | 10.3% | - | - | 3.4% | 100.0% | 29 |
| 20-24yrs | 33.3% | 37.9% | 18.2% | 9.1% | 1.5% | - | - | 100.0% | 66 | |
| 25-29yrs | 24.6% | 49.2% | 21.3% | 4.9% | - | - | - | 100.0% | 61 | |
| 30-34yrs | 30.5% | 40.7% | 16.9% | 8.5% | - | - | 3.4% | 100.0% | 59 | |
| 35-39yrs | 34.7% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 6.7% | 5.3% | - | 1.3% | 100.0% | 75 | |
| 40-44yrs | 34.6% | 38.3% | 22.2% | 2.5% | 2.5% | - | - | 100.0% | 81 | |
| 45-49yrs | 25.0% | 26.5% | 30.9% | 11.8% | 4.4% | 1.5% | - | 100.0% | 68 | |
| 50-54yrs | 18.5% | 27.8% | 46.3% | 3.7% | 3.7% | - | - | 100.0% | 54 | |
| 55-59yrs | 14.5% | 35.5% | 25.8% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 1.6% | - | 100.0% | 62 | |
| 60-64yrs | 13.7% | 17.8% | 49.3% | 8.2% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 2.7% | 100.0% | 73 | |
| 65-70yrs | 6.9% | 12.5% | 56.9% | 12.5% | 8.3% | - | 2.8% | 100.0% | 72 | |
| suburb | NSW | 24.3% | 29.7% | 31.3% | 8.7% | 3.7% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 100.0% | 300 |
| QLD | 23.5% | 31.8% | 30.6% | 7.6% | 4.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 100.0% | 170 | |
| VIC | 25.2% | 33.0% | 29.1% | 7.4% | 4.3% | - | 0.9% | 100.0% | 230 |