Over half of Australians with migrant backgrounds support same-sex marriage: poll

A new poll is suggesting a little over half of Australians born overseas support same-sex marriage.

Same-sex wedding cake Source: AAP

The poll, commissioned by SBS and conducted by research group Essential Media, indicates 54 per cent of respondents born outside Australia agree that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry. 

The number is even higher among Australians whose parents were born overseas