Largest enrolment in history ahead of 2023 referendum

17,676,347 Australians are enrolled to vote
in the upcoming 2023 referendum

The AEC has today announced that a record 97.7% of eligible Australians are enrolled to vote in the upcoming 2023 referendum.

The roll has increased by 447,447 people since the 2022 federal election, a rise of 2.6%.

More than 8.4 million people on the electoral roll were not enrolled when the last referendum was held in 1999 – this is more than 47% of the electoral roll.

The 8.4 million people includes 6.7 million people who were under 18 (or not born) at the time as well as 1.7 million other people who are new to the roll since 1999 - many of whom are new Australian citizens.

Australian Electoral Commissioner, Tom Rogers said such a complete electoral roll is a result of years of hard work by the AEC.

“With many nations around the world campaigning to get even three quarters of their population enrolled to vote, this result is a continuing source of Australian democratic pride.” Mr Rogers said.

“In between the announcement of the referendum date and close of rolls, approximately 79,000 people were added to the roll with 376,000 other eligible Australians updating their details.”

“The youth enrolment rate has also increased to 91.4% which means approximately 1.8 million 18-24 year olds are ready to vote and have their say in their first referendum.”

In terms of First Nations enrolment, this sits at 94.1% and is the highest it has ever been.”

“Well done Australia. Now it’s time to have your say.”

Further enrolment statistics are provided on the following page.

Enrolment by state, territory and age

Ages	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	Total	Share of total
18*	68,263	52,638	45,206	22,100	14,138	4,721	3,966	1,414	212,446	1.2%
19	82,251	64,273	55,307	27,035	16,991	5,385	4,776	2,254	258,272	1.5%
20-24	409,622	325,346	280,506	134,919	88,992	26,956	25,152	12,870	1,304,363	7.4%
25-29	421,117	348,130	290,857	140,745	94,188	28,342	28,003	15,569	1,366,951	7.7%
30-34	446,040	378,590	296,065	150,544	96,875	29,502	29,677	16,690	1,443,983	8.2%
35-39	477,934	407,336	304,999	167,130	102,795	30,068	31,938	16,524	1,538,724	8.7%
40-44	478,747	392,392	306,730	162,524	100,848	29,518	31,469	15,148	1,517,376	8.6%
45-49	452,277	362,810	295,803	150,081	96,900	29,557	27,728	13,684	1,428,840	8.1%
50-54	473,972	380,903	314,888	158,412	107,233	34,120	27,068	14,136	1,510,732	8.5%
55-59	430,736	345,385	283,525	144,925	103,106	33,203	22,595	12,070	1,375,545	7.8%
60-64	447,701	342,282	286,920	141,927	108,034	37,188	20,868	10,686	1,395,606	7.9%
65-69	399,388	305,328	254,646	126,236	98,685	34,238	17,928	8,177	1,244,626	7.0%
70+	1,000,200	763,466	616,999	299,943	254,609	84,220	45,669	13,777	3,078,883	17.4%
Total	5,588,248	4,468,879	3,632,451	1,826,521	1,283,394	407,018	316,837	152,999	17,676,347	100.0%

Certified List and enrolment rate by state and territory

State/ Territory	Electors on certified list	Estimated eligible population	Enrolment rate
NSW*	5,588,248	5,638,345	99.0%
VIC	4,468,879	4,548,161	98.3%
QLD	3,632,451	3,759,574	96.6%
WA	1,826,521	1,914,422	95.4%
SA	1,283,394	1,321,208	97.1%
TAS	407,018	418,117	97.3%
ACT	316,837	323,319	98.0%
NT	152,999	166,795	91.7%
National	17,676,347	18,089,941	97.7%

* Enrolment rates above 99.0% are not reported

Media resources:

• Referendum website
• Referendum reporting guide
• AECTV YouTube channel
• AEC Flickr account