Only about one third of all Australians would be upset if the nation kissed goodbye to the Commonwealth, a new survey has found.

Australians were found to be far less attached to their membership of the 53-member body than developing countries, including India, in a poll released by the Royal Commonwealth Society in London on Monday.

More than 6,000 people from seven Commonwealth member countries - Australia, Canada, Great Britain, India, Jamaica, Malaysia and South Africa - took part in the survey to mark the Commonwealth's 60th anniversary.

Just 25 per cent of the 1,020 Australians polled said they would be "sorry" if Australia gave up its membership of the Commonwealth, while another 10 per cent would be "appalled". But 38 per said they "wouldn't mind one way or the other" and 10 per cent would be "fairly pleased" while another nine per cent would be "delighted". The rest did not know.

Australians viewed Asia as being most important (43 per cent) to their homeland ahead of the United States (25 per cent), the Commonwealth (22 per cent) and Europe (three per cent).