Table 2.
Summary statistics, overall and by state.
| Characteristic | Australia N = 5,743,061 |
VIC N = 1,594,651 |
NSW N = 1,446,051 |
QLD N = 1,280,281 |
SA N = 632,831 |
WA N = 789,251 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 348,842 (61%) | 95,083 (60%) | 86,968 (60%) | 79,591 (62%) | 39,602 (63%) | 47,598 (60%) |
| Male | 225,464 (39%) | 64,382 (40%) | 57,637 (40%) | 48,437 (38%) | 23,681 (37%) | 31,327 (40%) |
| Age | ||||||
| 18-24 | 60,800 (11%) | 17,927 (11%) | 15,878 (11%) | 13,989 (11%) | 5949 (9.4%) | 7057 (8.9%) |
| 25-44 | 217,775 (38%) | 64,480 (40%) | 57,974 (40%) | 48,544 (38%) | 19,394 (31%) | 27,383 (35%) |
| 45-64 | 203,992 (36%) | 54,320 (34%) | 49,133 (34%) | 45,348 (35%) | 25,260 (40%) | 29,931 (38%) |
| 65+ | 91,739 (16%) | 22,738 (14%) | 21,620 (15%) | 20,147 (16%) | 12,680 (20%) | 14,554 (18%) |
| Region | ||||||
| City | 287,802 (51%) | 77,990 (50%) | 66,058 (47%) | 63,066 (50%) | 34,149 (55%) | 46,539 (60%) |
| Town | 182,543 (33%) | 52,848 (34%) | 50,782 (36%) | 41,921 (34%) | 16,624 (27%) | 20,368 (26%) |
| Rural | 89,470 (16%) | 24,432 (16%) | 24,094 (17%) | 19,976 (16%) | 10,889 (18%) | 10,079 (13%) |
| Fear of infection | 191,607 (43%) | 60,749 (48%) | 49,565 (46%) | 39,668 (40%) | 18,857 (38%) | 22,768 (37%) |
| Financial concerns | 144,856 (25%) | 42,148 (26%) | 37,656 (26%) | 32,724 (26%) | 14,867 (23%) | 17,461 (22%) |
| Depressed | 36,795 (6.4%) | 12,019 (7.5%) | 9494 (6.6%) | 7669 (6.0%) | 3744 (5.9%) | 3869 (4.9%) |
| Anxious | 24,057 (4.2%) | 7683 (4.8%) | 6101 (4.2%) | 5268 (4.1%) | 2508 (4.0%) | 2497 (3.2%) |
1n (%). Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory were excluded due to small sample size.