1800.0 - Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 15/11/2017  First Issue
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RESULTS FOR TASMANIA

Response

Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?

Of the eligible Australians in Tasmania who expressed a view on this question, the majority indicated that the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry, with 191,948 (63.6%) responding

Yes and 109,655 (36.4%) responding No. Nearly 8 out of 10 eligible Australians in Tasmania (79.7%) expressed their view.

Response by Federal Electoral Divisions within Tasmania(a)
Federal Electoral Division Yes No Total
no. Yes % no. No % no. %
Bass 36,249 61.7 22,510 38.3 58,759 100
Braddon 30,054 54.0 25,573 46.0 55,627 100
Denison 45,005 73.8 15,992 26.2 60,997 100
Franklin 44,746 68.8 20,322 31.2 65,068 100
Lyons 35,894 58.7 25,258 41.3 61,152 100
Tasmania (Total) 191,948 63.6 109,655 36.4 301,603 100
Australia (Total) 7,817,247 61.6 4,873,987 38.4 12,691,234 100
(a) The Federal Electoral Division boundaries are current as at 24 August 2017.


Participation

302,408 (79.7%) eligible Australians in Tasmania participated in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.

Females were more likely to respond than males. In Tasmania, 81.7% (159,487) of eligible females and 77.5% (141,006) of eligible males responded to the survey.

In Tasmania, those aged 70 to 79 were the most likely to respond to the survey with 89.8% of eligible Australians in this age group participating. The participation rate was lowest in those aged 25 to 29 at 68.7%.

Participation by Federal Electoral Divisions within Tasmania(a)
Federal Electoral Division Total responding(b) Non-responding Total
no. Total responding(b) % no. Non-responding % no. %
Bass 58,904 79.2 15,487 20.8 74,391 100
Braddon 55,781 76.0 17,632 24.0 73,413 100
Denison 61,164 82.4 13,092 17.6 74,256 100
Franklin 65,231 82.7 13,605 17.3 78,836 100
Lyons 61,328 78.1 17,204 21.9 78,532 100
Tasmania (Total) 302,408 79.7 77,020 20.3 379,428 100
Australia (Total) 12,727,920 79.5 3,278,260 20.5 16,006,180 100
(a) The Federal Electoral Division boundaries are current as at 24 August 2017.
(b) Includes response not clear and blank responses.


For more detailed information on response and participation, download the results spreadsheets from the Downloads.

To find out more about the characteristics of New South Wales electoral divisions see Quickstats.

Please note that the Quickstats boundaries are based on the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) not the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) Federal Electoral Division boundaries. For further information please see Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July 2017 (cat. no. 1270.0.55.003)