This chart shows the responses in our Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality survey to the concept of whether incomes at the bottom are too low. 

• In 2025, 73% of people in Australia agreed that incomes at the bottom are too low and should be increased.
• In 2023, 76% of people in Australia agreed that incomes at the bottom are too low and should be increased.

*Note: Question wording in the 2023 survey was Incomes at the bottom are too low and should be increased