%0 Journal Article %A Betts, Katharine %D 2017 %T A bigger Australia: opinions for and against %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/A_bigger_Australia_opinions_for_and_against/4975268 %R 10.4225/03/590bd08fccff5 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8370161 %K Australia %K Non-metropolitan areas %K Australian born %K Population growth %K journal article %K 1039-4788 %K University graduates %K Education levels %K Attitudes %K 1959.1/482020 %K NESB %K monash:64199 %K Australian Survey of Social Attitudes %X Final-release data from 2009–2010 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes are now available. These allow the analysis of attitudes to population growth across a wider range of background variables than in the pre-release data reported in the previous issue of People and Place. University graduates and migrants from non-English-speaking-backgrounds, especially if they are from high-income households, are the most likely to favour growth. In contrast, Australia-born non-graduates and people living in non-metropolitan areas are the least likely to do so. Voters who support the conservative parties are the most in favour of population stability but, even so, over two-thirds of Labor and Greens voters want stability. Many voters who are alienated from politics also support stability. Together these findings suggest opportunities for pro-stability parties and candidates in the forthcoming federal election. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s %I Monash University