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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Josh Nicholas

Younger Australians buck entrenched political trend as ‘new kind of adulthood’ bites

Millennials and gen Z are much less religious than baby boomers and gen X, they have higher rates of university education and identification as LGBTQ+
Millennials and gen Z are much less religious than baby boomers and gen X, and they have higher rates of university education and identification as LGBTQ+. Photograph: lovleah/Getty Images

It’s often said that people tend to become more politically conservative as they age. But millennials and generation Z are bucking the trend – supporting the Indigenous voice to parliament and backing centre-left and left parties at increasing rates in recent elections.

Political scientists say there has been a “fundamental shift”, at least partly because the experiences of younger voters are so much different from previous generations.

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