Population survey finds Australians think couples should consider limiting family size

•Australians want stable population level
•Survey says families should limit children
•Big population bad for Australia - Brown

It's a case of one for mum, one for dad, but think carefully about the impact of any more on the country.
Half of Australians believe couples should limit the number of children they have out of concern for how the nation will cope with a rising population.

And while two-thirds of Australians are happy with the direction the country is heading, a majority also say they want the population to remain at or below current levels, according to a survey by ANU.

It suggests Julia Gillard hit the right note by rejecting Kevin Rudd's "big Australia" push.


In what is believed to be the first survey on attitudes to family sizes in relation to handling population growth, the study found 30 per cent of Australians think couples should have up to two children only, and another 18 per cent think couples should think about having no more than three.
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