Consumer Confidence – ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian CC – Weekly Results
Latest results for the weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* 2025 for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
| 2025 |
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| Date | April | May |
June |
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| 31-4 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28-4 | 5-11 | 12-18 | 19-25 | 26-1 | 2-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23-29 | ||
| Interviews | 1,006 | 1,033 | 1,028 | 1,043 | 1,034 | 1,006 | ||||||||
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 19 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 18 | |||||||
| Worse off | 45 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 42 | 43 | ||||||||
| Question 1 difference | -26 | -27 | -30 | -32 | -23 | -25 | ||||||||
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 30 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 30 | ||||||||
| Worse off | 28 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 28 | ||||||||
| Question 2 difference | 2 | -2 | 3 | -4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||
| Bad times | 28 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | ||||||||
| Question 3 difference | -16 | -23 | -19 | -19 | -17 | -13 | ||||||||
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||
| Bad times | 20 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 20 | ||||||||
| Question 4 difference | -7 | -9 | -9 | -12 | -6 | -6 | ||||||||
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||
| Bad time to buy | 39 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 36 | ||||||||
| Question 5 difference | -19 | -18 | -18 | -16 | -18 | -16 | ||||||||
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 86.8 | 84.2 | 85.5 | 83.4 | 87.5 | 88.3 | ||||||||
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2025 |
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| Date | January | February |
March |
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| 2-5 | 6-12 | 13-19 | 20-26 | 27-2 | 3-9 | 10-16 | 17-23 | 24-2 | 3-9 | 10-16 | 17-23 | 24-30 | ||
| Interviews | 1,547 | 1,505 | 1,495 | 1,539 | 1,513 | 1,511 | 1,489 | 1,512 | 1,519 | 1,553 | 1,520 | 1,501 | 1,019 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Worse off | 46 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 47 | 49 | 45 | |
| Question 1 difference | -25 | -27 | -27 | -28 | -26 | -29 | -30 | -22 | -24 | -23 | -25 | -28 | -24 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 28 | |
| Worse off | 29 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 29 | |
| Question 2 difference | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | -2 | -1 | -1 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | |
| Bad times | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 30 | |
| Question 3 difference | -20 | -19 | -18 | -17 | -16 | -17 | -19 | -15 | -16 | -19 | -24 | -24 | -20 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Bad times | 19 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 24 | |
| Question 4 difference | -7 | -6 | -8 | -8 | -4 | -8 | -6 | -4 | -6 | -9 | -11 | -9 | -12 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 28 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 23 | |
| Bad time to buy | 42 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 39 | |
| Question 5 difference | -14 | -19 | -21 | -22 | -17 | -18 | -21 | -20 | -20 | -17 | -19 | -17 | -16 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 87.5 | 87.1 | 85.8 | 86.0 | 88.5 | 86.7 | 85.1 | 89.8 | 87.7 | 86.9 | 83.8 | 84.2 | 85.3 | |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
Earlier results for the weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating in 2020-2024:
| 2024 |
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| Date | October | November |
December |
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| 30-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28-3 | 4-10 | 11-17 | 18-24 | 25-1 | 2-8 | 9-15 | ||
| Interviews | 1,517 | 1,502 | 1,522 | 1,504 | 1,498 | 1,515 | 1,495 | 1,500 | 1,503 | 1,502 | 1,514 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 23 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Worse off | 48 | 49 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 49 | |
| Question 1 difference | -25 | -28 | -21 | -23 | -24 | -26 | -24 | -25 | -24 | -28 | -28 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||
| Better off | 36 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 31 | |
| Worse off | 31 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 32 | |
| Question 2 difference | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | -1 | -1 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||
| Good times | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Bad times | 32 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 30 | |
| Question 3 difference | -23 | -20 | -20 | -19 | -18 | -20 | -18 | -20 | -21 | -22 | -20 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||
| Good times | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | |
| Bad times | 21 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | |
| Question 4 difference | -10 | -9 | -6 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -8 | -9 | -7 | -9 | -9 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 20 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 30 | 25 | |
| Bad time to buy | 49 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 44 | 47 | |
| Question 5 difference | -29 | -28 | -21 | -22 | -24 | -19 | -21 | -19 | -11 | -14 | -22 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 83.5 | 83.4 | 87.5 | 86.4 | 86.5 | 86.7 | 86.8 | 85.7 | 88.4 | 85.5 | 83.9 | |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2024 |
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| Date | July | August |
September |
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| 1-7 | 8-14 | 15-21 | 22-28 | 29-4 | 5-11 | 12-18 | 19-25 | 26-1 | 2-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23-29 | ||
| Interviews | 1,514 | 1,541 | 1,522 | 1,471 | 1,489 | 1,503 | 1,511 | 1,512 | 1,505 | 1,518 | 1,496 | 1,504 | 1,507 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 20 |
| Worse off | 53 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 53 | |
| Question 1 difference | -34 | -33 | -27 | -28 | -30 | -23 | -24 | -27 | -27 | -24 | -26 | -25 | -33 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 31 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 32 | |
| Worse off | 35 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 31 | |
| Question 2 difference | -4 | -5 | 1 | 1 | -4 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
| Bad times | 36 | 37 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 31 | |
| Question 3 difference | -28 | -29 | -21 | -26 | -26 | -25 | -25 | -25 | -24 | -25 | -23 | -21 | -22 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | |
| Bad times | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | |
| Question 4 difference | -9 | -12 | -7 | –7 | -10 | -9 | -7 | -8 | -8 | -11 | -9 | -6 | -7 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 21 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 20 | |
| Bad time to buy | 51 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 49 | |
| Question 5 difference | -30 | -29 | -24 | -25 | -24 | -23 | -29 | -26 | -28 | -28 | -25 | -27 | -29 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 79.0 | 78.5 | 84.4 | 83.1 | 81.3 | 83.9 | 83.0 | 82.6 | 83.1 | 82.3 | 84.1 | 84.9 | 82.0 | |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2024 |
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| Date | April | May |
June |
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| 1-7 | 8-14 | 15-21 | 22-28 | 29-5 | 6-12 | 13-19 | 20-26 | 27-2 | 3-9 | 10-16 | 17-23 | 24-30 | ||
| Interviews | 1,513 | 1,509 | 1,515 | 1,502 | 1,484 | 1,496 | 1,516 | 1,530 | 1,501 | 1,503 | 1,527 | 1,502 | 1,511 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 19 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Worse off | 53 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 50 | |
| Question 1 difference | -34 | -28 | -33 | -33 | -31 | -30 | -30 | -29 | -30 | -34 | -35 | -33 | -30 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 31 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 31 | |
| Worse off | 33 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 32 | 35 | 36 | |
| Question 2 difference | -2 | 0 | -5 | -3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -4 | -4 | -9 | 1 | -5 | -5 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
| Bad times | 31 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 37 | |
| Question 3 difference | -21 | -23 | -26 | -25 | -26 | -24 | -22 | -27 | -27 | -32 | -26 | -27 | -29 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | |
| Bad times | 20 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | |
| Question 4 difference | -8 | -7 | -11 | -7 | -11 | -11 | -10 | -9 | -9 | -11 | -10 | -10 | -9 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 25 | |
| Bad time to buy | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 50 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 48 | 46 | |
| Question 5 difference | -26 | -24 | -24 | -26 | -28 | -33 | -28 | -30 | -28 | -29 | -29 | -23 | -21 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 81.9 | 83.5 | 80.3 | 81.8 | 80.5 | 80.2 | 82.0 | 80.2 | 80.5 | 77.0 | 80.3 | 80.4 | 81.3 | |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2024 |
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| Date | January | February |
March |
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| 2-7 | 8-14 | 15-21 | 22-28 | 29-4 | 5-11 | 12-18 | 19-25 | 26-3 | 4-10 | 11-17 | 18-24 | 25-31 | ||
| Interviews | 1,511 | 1,518 | 1,492 | 1,511 | 1,499 | 1,509 | 1,501 | 1,489 | 1,512 | 1,501 | 1,502 | 1,484 | 1,554 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 20 |
| Worse off | 52 | 52 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 52 | |
| Question 1 difference | -33 | -31 | -27 | -31 | -31 | -33 | -30 | -33 | -36 | -34 | -34 | -31 | -32 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 34 | |
| Worse off | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 33 | |
| Question 2 difference | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
| Bad times | 32 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | |
| Question 3 difference | -21 | -20 | -23 | -22 | -19 | -17 | -21 | -19 | -21 | -20 | -21 | -22 | -20 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | |
| Bad times | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | |
| Question 4 difference | -3 | -7 | -8 | -10 | -5 | -5 | -8 | -5 | -8 | -9 | -8 | -6 | -6 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 25 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
| Bad time to buy | 46 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 51 | |
| Question 5 difference | -21 | -23 | -23 | -26 | -26 | -30 | -27 | -28 | -29 | -29 | -29 | -29 | -29 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 84.8 | 84.4 | 84.4 | 82.5 | 83.8 | 82.6 | 82.8 | 83.2 | 81.0 | 82.2 | 81.7 | 83.1 | 82.8 | |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Date | October | November |
December | ||||||||||
| 25-1 | 2-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23-29 | 30-5 | 6-12 | 13-19 | 20-26 | 27-3 | 4-10 | 11-17 | ||
| Interviews | 1,515 | 1,487 | 1,502 | 1,489 | 1,493 | 1,485 | 1,503 | 1,501 | 1,491 | 1,530 | 1,500 | 1,507 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | |||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 |
| Worse off | 51 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 51 | 51 | |
| Question 1 difference | -31 | -28 | -34 | -35 | -39 | -32 | -34 | -36 | -35 | -38 | -29 | -31 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | |||||||||||||
| Better off | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 34 | |
| Worse off | 35 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 33 | |
| Question 2 difference | -6 | -4 | -8 | -7 | -8 | -9 | -10 | -10 | -13 | -4 | -2 | 1 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Bad times | 37 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 36 | 33 | |
| Question 3 difference | -29 | -28 | -31 | -28 | -34 | -32 | -33 | -36 | -32 | -31 | -27 | -23 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | |
| Bad times | 20 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 20 | |
| Question 4 difference | -9 | -7 | -11 | -8 | -8 | -9 | -14 | -12 | -10 | -11 | -5 | -8 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | |||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 21 | |
| Bad time to buy | 54 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 54 | 51 | 55 | 52 | 49 | 54 | 53 | 51 | |
| Question 5 difference | -34 | -32 | -34 | -31 | -36 | -29 | -37 | -33 | -26 | -34 | -33 | -30 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 78.2 | 80.1 | 76.4 | 78.2 | 75.0 | 77.8 | 74.3 | 74.7 | 76.7 | 76.4 | 80.8 | 81.8 | |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Date | July | August |
September | |||||||||||
| 26-2 | 3-9 | 10-16 | 17-23 | 24-30 | 31-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28-3 | 4-10 | 11-17 | 18-24 | ||
| Interviews | 1,504 | 1,514 | 1,478 | 1,472 | 1,466 | 1,500 | 1,513 | 1,503 | 1,519 | 1,508 | 1,505 | 1,493 | 1,502 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
| Worse off | 56 | 53 | 57 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 54 | |
| Question 1 difference | -37 | -34 | -40 | -33 | -33 | -40 | -32 | -34 | -33 | -33 | -34 | -32 | -35 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 28 | |
| Worse off | 40 | 39 | 40 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 36 | |
| Question 2 difference | -12 | -12 | -12 | -6 | -1 | -10 | -3 | -7 | -2 | -5 | -3 | 0 | -8 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |
| Bad times | 43 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 35 | |
| Question 3 difference | -37 | -37 | -36 | -34 | -31 | -32 | -29 | -32 | -29 | -30 | -29 | -26 | -28 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |
| Bad times | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 22 | |
| Question 4 difference | -13 | -12 | -10 | -12 | -10 | -8 | -8 | -11 | -11 | -7 | -12 | -9 | -12 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 21 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |
| Bad time to buy | 53 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 54 | |
| Question 5 difference | -32 | -39 | -39 | -39 | -33 | -35 | -37 | -37 | -34 | -31 | -34 | -34 | -35 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 74.1 | 73.3 | 72.6 | 75.2 | 78.4 | 75.0 | 78.2 | 75.8 | 78.1 | 78.7 | 77.6 | 79.8 | 76.4 | |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Date | March | April | May |
June | |||||||||||
| 27-2 | 3-9 | 10-16 | 17-23 | 24-30 | 1-7 | 8-14 | 15-21 | 22-28 | 29-4 | 5-11 | 12-18 | 19-25 | |||
| Interviews | 1,514 | 1,506 | 1,487 | 1,490 | 1,492 | 1,501 | 1,480 | 1,477 | 1,485 | 1,530 | 1,477 | 1,480 | 1,479 | ||
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | |||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 20 | |
| Worse off | 52 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 49 | 23 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 55 | ||
| Question 1 difference | -33 | -33 | -32 | -31 | -30 | -34 | -39 | -31 | -35 | -37 | -38 | -41 | -35 | ||
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | |||||||||||||||
| Better off | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | ||
| Worse off | 35 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 41 | ||
| Question 2 difference | -3 | -1 | -6 | -5 | -3 | -2 | -7 | -6 | -11 | -11 | -12 | -12 | -13 | ||
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||||
| Good times | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Bad times | 36 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 44 | 44 | 43 | ||
| Question 3 difference | -30 | -29 | -30 | -31 | -29 | -32 | -31 | -31 | -33 | -33 | -37 | -39 | -37 | ||
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||||
| Good times | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Bad times | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 20 | ||
| Question 4 difference | -8 | -9 | -9 | -12 | -8 | -9 | -7 | -10 | -10 | -8 | -11 | -13 | -8 | ||
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | |||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 18 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Bad time to buy | 53 | 52 | 55 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 51 | 57 | 53 | 53 | ||
| Question 5 difference | -35 | -32 | -37 | -31 | -32 | -35 | -37 | -35 | -35 | -30 | -38 | -33 | -33 | ||
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 78.2 | 79.3 | 77.2 | 78.0 | 79.8 | 77.7 | 75.9 | 77.3 | 76.2 | 75.8 | 72.7 | 72.4 | 74.9 | ||
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Date | January |
February | March | ||||||||||
| 2-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23-29 | 30-5 | 6-12 | 13-19 | 20-26 | 27-5 | 6-12 | 13-19 | 20-26 | ||
| Interviews | 1,499 | 1,483 | 1,502 | 1,500 | 1,477 | 1,461 | 1,490 | 1,472 | 1,494 | 1,506 | 1,482 | 1,505 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | |||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
| Worse off | 45 | 43 | 45 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 52 | |
| Question 1 difference | -23 | -21 | -23 | -22 | -25 | -30 | -25 | -26 | -27 | -33 | -33 | -31 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | |||||||||||||
| Better off | 33 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
| Worse off | 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 36 | |
| Question 2 difference | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | -1 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -7 | -7 | -6 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
| Bad times | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 40 | |
| Question 3 difference | -23 | -23 | -21 | -23 | -24 | -34 | -31 | -31 | -32 | -32 | -33 | -35 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | |
| Bad times | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | |
| Question 4 difference | -3 | -3 | -5 | -3 | -6 | -5 | -7 | -9 | -5 | -9 | -8 | -11 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | |||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 26 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | |
| Bad time to buy | 45 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 49 | 54 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 53 | |
| Question 5 difference | -19 | -20 | -24 | -22 | -26 | -37 | -31 | -31 | -34 | -34 | -37 | -34 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 87.4 | 87.7 | 85.9 | 86.8 | 83.6 | 78.1 | 80.4 | 80.0 | 79.9 | 77.0 | 76.5 | 76.6 | |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions.
** This question was asked slightly differently in 1994: “Describe your family’s ability to buy major household items now compared with a year ago.” Possible answers were: Much better; A little better; A little worse; Much worse.
| 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Date | October | November |
December | ||||||||||
| 26-2 | 3-9 | 10-16 | 17-23 | 24-30 | 31-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28-4 | 5-11 | 12-18 | ||
| Interviews | 1,453 | 1,506 | 1,490 | 1,476 | 1,488 | 1,495 | 1,485 | 1,492 | 1,479 | 1,494 | 1,492 | 1,499 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | |||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
| Worse off | 42 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 49 | 46 | 47 | 45 | 46 | |
| Question 1 difference | -18 | -21 | -23 | -23 | -26 | -24 | -25 | -28 | -21 | -26 | -24 | -23 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | |||||||||||||
| Better off | 31 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | |
| Worse off | 31 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 33 | |
| Question 2 difference | 0 | 2 | -2 | -5 | -9 | -9 | -4 | -6 | -4 | -5 | -3 | -3 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | |
| Bad times | 36 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 35 | |
| Question 3 difference | -30 | -32 | -31 | -33 | -35 | -37 | -31 | -32 | -33 | -29 | -25 | -29 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |
| Bad times | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | |
| Question 4 difference | -7 | -5 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -10 | -8 | -4 | -3 | -7 | -8 | -6 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | |||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 22 | |
| Bad time to buy | 43 | 45 | 48 | 50 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 46 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 48 | |
| Question 5 difference | -18 | -21 | -26 | -27 | -25 | -27 | -28 | -22 | -23 | -19 | -26 | -26 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 85.5 | 84.6 | 82.2 | 81.1 | 79.9 | 78.7 | 80.8 | 81.6 | 83.1 | 82.7 | 82.9 | 82.5 | |
| 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Date | July | August | September | |||||||||||
| 27-3 | 4-10 | 11-17 | 18-24 | 25-31 | 1-7 | 8-14 | 15-21 | 22-28 | 29-4 | 5-11 | 12-18 | 19-25 | ||
| Interviews | 1,506 | 1,498 | 1,480 | 1,496 | 1,483 | 1,528 | 1,541 | 1,517 | 1,510 | 1,497 | 1,473 | 1,458 | 1,507 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 24 |
| Worse off | 43 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 42 | |
| Question 1 difference | -22 | -23 | -25 | -20 | -19 | -21 | -16 | -18 | -18 | -17 | -16 | -19 | -18 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 32 | |
| Worse off | 31 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 31 | |
| Question 2 difference | -1 | -4 | -3 | -5 | 0 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
| Bad times | 38 | 42 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 45 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 33 | |
| Question 3 difference | -31 | -35 | -33 | -33 | -32 | -39 | -31 | -25 | -24 | -23 | -25 | -28 | -24 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 17 | |
| Bad times | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | |
| Question 4 difference | -6 | -8 | -5 | -9 | -6 | -8 | -7 | -7 | -5 | -3 | -5 | -5 | 1 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 26 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |
| Bad time to buy | 47 | 47 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 45 | |
| Question 5 difference | -21 | -22 | -25 | -21 | -22 | -25 | -26 | -24 | -29 | -27 | -26 | -23 | -21 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 83.7 | 81.6 | 81.8 | 82.4 | 84.1 | 80.3 | 84.2 | 85.6 | 85.0 | 86.1 | 85.7 | 86.0 | 87.8 | |
| 2022 |
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| Date | April | May |
June |
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| 28-3 | 4-10 | 11-17 | 18-24 | 25-1 | 2-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23-29 | 30-5 | 6-12 | 13-19 | 20-26 | ||
| Interviews | 1,494 | 1,489 | 1,501 | 1,486 | 1,521 | 1,498 | 1,492 | 1,510 | 1,493 | 1,491 | 1,454 | 1,507 | 1,504 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Worse off | 38 | 36 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 42 | |
| Question 1 difference | -12 | -11 | -11 | -8 | -13 | -9 | -13 | -16 | -19 | -20 | -20 | -21 | -21 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 33 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 31 | |
| Worse off | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 38 | 33 | 32 | |
| Question 2 difference | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | -11 | -6 | -1 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
| Bad times | 28 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 39 | 38 | 40 | |
| Question 3 difference | -16 | -15 | -12 | -12 | -20 | -21 | -20 | -19 | -18 | -26 | -31 | -31 | -34 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 14 | |
| Bad times | 20 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 19 | |
| Question 4 difference | -5 | -3 | 0 | -4 | -3 | -6 | -6 | -7 | -3 | -5 | -10 | -10 | -5 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 27 | |
| Bad time to buy | 40 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 42 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 48 | 43 | |
| Question 5 difference | -8 | -8 | -5 | -4 | -14 | -16 | -18 | -14 | -10 | -14 | -26 | -24 | -16 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 93.4 | 94.6 | 96.8 | 96.5 | 90.7 | 90.5 | 89.3 | 90.8 | 90.7 | 87.0 | 80.4 | 81.7 | 84.6 | |
| 2022 |
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| Date | January | February |
March |
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| 4-9 | 10-16 | 17-23 | 24-30 | 31-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | ||
| Interviews | 1,517 | 1,516 | 1,511 | 1,524 | 1,525 | 1,526 | 1,525 | 1,530 | 1,499 | 1,499 | 1,529 | 1,538 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | |||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 30 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 24 |
| Worse off | 23 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 40 | |
| Question 1 difference | 7 | -5 | 0 | -1 | -9 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -9 | -13 | -16 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | |||||||||||||
| Better off | 38 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 35 | |
| Worse off | 16 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | |
| Question 2 difference | 22 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 9 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 14 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | |
| Bad times | 24 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 34 | 30 | |
| Question 3 difference | -10 | -16 | -17 | -12 | -12 | -4 | -6 | -11 | -14 | -17 | -25 | -20 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 21 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | |
| Bad times | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | |
| Question 4 difference | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -3 | -1 | -6 | -5 | -6 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | |||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 38 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 30 | |
| Bad time to buy | 32 | 39 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 36 | 40 | 42 | |
| Question 5 difference | 6 | -6 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -8 | -12 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 106.0 | 97.9 | 100.1 | 101.8 | 99.9 | 103.2 | 101.8 | 99.2 | 100.1 | 95.8 | 91.2 | 91.1 | |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Date | October | November | December | ||||||||||
| 2/3 | 9/10 | 16/17 | 23/24 | 30/31 | 6/7 | 13/14 | 20/21 | 27/28 | 4/5 | 11/12 | 18/19 | ||
| Interviews | 1,502 | 1,523 | 1,493 | 1,519 | 1,455 | 1,518 | 1,502 | 1,523 | 1,506 | 1,513 | 1,491 | 1,485 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | |||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 32 |
| Worse off | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 27 | |
| Question 1 difference | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | |||||||||||||
| Better off | 36 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 37 | 38 | |
| Worse off | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | |
| Question 2 difference | 22 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
| Bad times | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | |
| Question 3 difference | -9 | -6 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | -1 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 21 | |
| Bad times | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | |
| Question 4 difference | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | |||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 36 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 41 | |
| Bad time to buy | 33 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 30 | |
| Question 5 difference | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 11 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 104.6 | 105.6 | 107.0 | 106.8 | 108.4 | 109.0 | 106.0 | 107.4 | 106.0 | 107.5 | 108.0 | 108.4 | |
| 2021 |
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| Date | July | August | September | |||||||||||
| 3/4 | 10/11 | 17/18 | 24/25 | 31/1 | 7/8 | 14/15 | 21/22 | 28/29 | 4/5 | 11/12 | 18/19 | 25/26 | ||
| Interviews | 1,510 | 1,488 | 1,514 | 1,499 | 1,468 | 1,486 | 1,495 | 1,512 | 1,502 | 1,498 | 1,523 | 1,489 | 1,535 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 27 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 |
| Worse off | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 28 | |
| Question 1 difference | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -1 | -7 | -4 | 3 | 0 | -3 | -1 | -4 | 0 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 37 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 37 | |
| Worse off | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | |
| Question 2 difference | 22 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 23 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 16 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| Bad times | 19 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 25 | |
| Question 3 difference | -3 | -1 | -9 | -15 | -18 | -15 | -16 | -21 | -17 | -17 | -12 | -10 | -11 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 18 | |
| Bad times | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | |
| Question 4 difference | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 41 | 43 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 38 | |
| Bad time to buy | 24 | 24 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 31 | |
| Question 5 difference | 17 | 19 | 6 | -1 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 107.8 | 110.0 | 104.3 | 100.7 | 101.8 | 98.6 | 101.1 | 101.6 | 101.8 | 100.0 | 103.1 | 103.3 | 103.7 | |
| 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Date | April | May | June | |||||||||||
| 3/4 | 10/11 | 17/18 | 24/25 | 1/2 | 8/9 | 15/16 | 22/23 | 29/30 | 5/6 | 12/13 | 19/20 | 26/27 | ||
| Interviews | 1,494 | 1,455 | 1,490 | 1,497 | 1,493 | 1,499 | 1,496 | 1,540 | 1,531 | 1,528 | 1,486 | 1,519 | 1,533 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 27 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 28 |
| Worse off | 29 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 25 | |
| Question 1 difference | -2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 39 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 38 | |
| Worse off | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | |
| Question 2 difference | 22 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 25 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 19 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 19 | |
| Bad times | 20 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 15 | |
| Question 3 difference | -1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 21 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | |
| Bad times | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |
| Question 4 difference | 8 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 39 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 40 | 45 | 44 | 42 | 41 | 45 | 42 | 45 | |
| Bad time to buy | 28 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | |
| Question 5 difference | 11 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 21 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 107.7 | 114.1 | 114.0 | 112.4 | 112.7 | 111.6 | 112.5 | 114.2 | 111.4 | 110.7 | 111.0 | 112.4 | 112.2 | |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Date | January | February | March | ||||||||||
| 9/10 | 16/17 | 23/24 | 30/31 | 6/7 | 13/14 | 20/21 | 27/28 | 6/7 | 13/14 | 20/21 | 27/28 | ||
| Interviews | 1,510 | 1,504 | 1,531 | 1,541 | 1,514 | 1,507 | 1,472 | 1,518 | 1,488 | 1,494 | 1,497 | 1,480 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | |||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 26 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 30 |
| Worse off | 28 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 27 | |
| Question 1 difference | -2 | -5 | -3 | 2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -3 | -1 | 3 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | |||||||||||||
| Better off | 39 | 41 | 38 | 42 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 41 | |
| Worse off | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| Question 2 difference | 25 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 27 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 15 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 21 | |
| Bad times | 22 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | |
| Question 3 difference | -7 | -7 | 2 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 22 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 22 | |
| Bad times | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | |
| Question 4 difference | 9 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | |||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 44 | 42 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 44 | |
| Bad time to buy | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | |
| Question 5 difference | 20 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 108.9 | 108.7 | 111.2 | 112.1 | 111.4 | 109.9 | 109.2 | 110.3 | 111.9 | 110.9 | 110.4 | 112.3 | |
| 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Date | October | November | December | ||||||||||
| 3/4 | 10/11 | 17/18 | 24/25 | 31/1 | 7/8 | 14/15 | 21/22 | 28/29 | 5/6 | 12/13 | 19/20 | ||
| Interviews | 1,533 | 1,511 | 1,541 | 1,494 | 1,529 | 1,542 | 1,517 | 1,547 | 1,509 | 1,545 | 1,539 | 1,522 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | |||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 24 |
| Worse off | 34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 28 | |
| Question 1 difference | -9 | -9 | -9 | -6 | -12 | -6 | -5 | -9 | -7 | -7 | -1 | -4 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | |||||||||||||
| Better off | 33 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 40 | |
| Worse off | 18 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | |
| Question 2 difference | 15 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 28 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 15 | |
| Bad times | 38 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | |
| Question 3 difference | -30 | -27 | -27 | -25 | -18 | -17 | -10 | -13 | -6 | -4 | -1 | -6 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | |||||||||||||
| Good times | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 24 | |
| Bad times | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | |
| Question 4 difference | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | |||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 35 | 34 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 43 | |
| Bad time to buy | 36 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | |
| Question 5 difference | -1 | -1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 95.7 | 97.7 | 98.1 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 103.1 | 106.6 | 104.5 | 107.5 | 109.3 | 111.2 | 109.0 | |
| 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Date | July | August | September | |||||||||||
| 4/5 | 11/12 | 18/19 | 25/26 | 1/2 | 8/9 | 15/16 | 22/23 | 29/30 | 5/6 | 12/13 | 19/20 | 26/27 | ||
| Interviews | 1,443 | 1,437 | 1,383 | 1,540 | 1,511 | 1,530 | 1,531 | 1,547 | 1,511 | 1,521 | 1,539 | 1,521 | 1,551 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 23 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 24 |
| Worse off | 37 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 35 | |
| Question 1 difference | -14 | -13 | -11 | -11 | -11 | -9 | -11 | -9 | -12 | -12 | -9 | -12 | -11 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 35 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 33 | |
| Worse off | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | |
| Question 2 difference | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Bad times | 46 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 51 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 43 | 38 | |
| Question 3 difference | -39 | -41 | -42 | -43 | -46 | -50 | -45 | -39 | -41 | -41 | -41 | -36 | -30 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | |
| Bad times | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 18 | |
| Question 4 difference | -2 | -1 | -3 | -4 | -9 | -7 | -6 | -2 | -4 | -1 | -4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 35 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 34 | |
| Bad time to buy | 36 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 37 | 39 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| Question 5 difference | -1 | -3 | -3 | -8 | -3 | -11 | -10 | -4 | -7 | -3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 92.1 | 91.6 | 90.7 | 89.0 | 88.6 | 86.5 | 88.6 | 92.7 | 90.2 | 91.1 | 92.4 | 93.5 | 95.0 | |
| 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Date | April |
May | June | |||||||||||
| 4/5 | 11/12 | 18/19 | 25/26 | 2/3 | 9/10 | 16/17 | 23/24 | 30/31 | 6/7 | 13/14 | 20/21 | 27/28 | ||
| Interviews | 1,491 | 1,492 | 1,444 | 1,591 | 1,000 | 1,555 | 1,345 | 1,456 | 1,514 | 1,502 | 1,415 | 1,440 | 1,410 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 16 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
| Worse off | 41 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 35 | |
| Question 1 difference | -25 | -19 | -21 | -21 | -16 | -18 | -12 | -13 | -12 | -12 | -11 | -13 | -14 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 25 | 32 | 36 | 30 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 34 | |
| Worse off | 28 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
| Question 2 difference | -3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 15 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | |
| Bad times | 60 | 58 | 54 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 45 | |
| Question 3 difference | -56 | -53 | -49 | -42 | -41 | -40 | -41 | -42 | -32 | -31 | -29 | -30 | -38 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 11 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 19 | |
| Bad times | 28 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 19 | |
| Question 4 difference | -17 | -8 | -2 | -8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 16 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 42 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 36 | |
| Bad time to buy | 55 | 54 | 47 | 38 | 45 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 34 | |
| Question 5 difference | -39 | -34 | -19 | -13 | -14 | -9 | -5 | -3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 71.9 | 78.2 | 84.2 | 85.0 | 89.5 | 90.3 | 92.3 | 92.7 | 98.3 | 97.0 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 93.0 | |
| 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Date | January | February | March | |||||||||||
| 4/5 | 11/12 | 18/19 | 25/26 | 1/2 | 8/9 | 15/16 | 22/23 | 29/1 | 7/8 | 14/15 | 21/22 | 28/29 | ||
| Interviews | 1,007 | 1,004 | 1,034 | 1,009 | 1,048 | 1,019 | 1,006 | 1,003 | 1,057 | 999 | 976 | 1,715 | 1,503 | |
| Q1 Would you say you and your family are better off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? | ||||||||||||||
| Over the past year | Better off | 35 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 15 |
| Worse off | 23 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 39 | 47 | |
| Question 1 difference | 12 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | -18 | -32 | |
| Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better off financially or worse off than you are now? | ||||||||||||||
| Better off | 40 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 26 | 22 | |
| Worse off | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 39 | 35 | |
| Question 2 difference | 26 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 18 | -13 | -13 | |
| Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we’ll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | |
| Bad times | 45 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 37 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 64 | 67 | |
| Question 3 difference | -21 | -17 | -15 | -16 | -14 | -18 | -13 | -11 | -25 | -31 | -38 | -61 | -64 | |
| Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say it is more likely, that in Australia as a whole, we’ll have continuous good times during the next five years or so – or we’ll have bad times – or some good and some bad? | ||||||||||||||
| Good times | 25 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 11 | |
| Bad times | 35 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 28 | |
| Question 4 difference | -10 | -1 | -4 | -1 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -15 | -17 | |
| Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time – or a bad time – for people to buy major household items?** | ||||||||||||||
| Good time to buy | 45 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 38 | 20 | 13 | |
| Bad time to buy | 21 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 51 | 61 | |
| Question 5 difference | 24 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 9 | -31 | -48 | |
| ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating | 106.2 | 107.3 | 108.3 | 108.0 | 108.5 | 107.8 | 109.1 | 108.3 | 104.8 | 100.4 | 100.0 | 72.2 | 65.3 | |
