2023 federal referendum - Downloads and statistics

Downloads

Gazetted polling places and pre-poll voting centres

 The following downloads contain information on polling places and pre-poll voting centres:

Results by vote type

This file provides a breakdown of referendum results by vote type (ordinary, absent, provisional, declaration pre-poll, and postal) for each electoral division.

Statistics

Postal voting

The postal voting data available as a csv downloadable file will be updated daily to provide a cumulative total, by electoral division, of the number of postal vote applications (PVAs) processed by the AEC.

As the referendum progresses, this file will be updated to include the number of postal vote certificates (PVCs) returned to the AEC for the 2023 referendum. This data will be refreshed daily.

Pre-poll voting

The pre-poll voting data in this spreadsheet includes all the pre-poll votes cast at pre-poll voting centres (PPVCs) for the 2023 referendum. The spreadsheet includes a breakdown of the number of pre-poll votes issued at every PPVC for every day of the pre-poll voting period. The votes issued include both ordinary and declaration votes. Declaration votes are grouped and counted separately by type. This data will be refreshed daily throughout the early voting period.

Remote voter services

The data in this file includes all votes issued by remote voter services teams for the 2023 referendum. The votes issued include both ordinary and declaration votes. Declaration votes are grouped and counted separately by type. This data will be refreshed after close of polling.

This download outlines which remote communities were visited by each remote voting services team. This information allows people to cross reference with the vote tallies of different remote voting teams that are on the division pages of the AEC tally room.

The below links through to the AEC’s remote voter service schedule. Locations were visited by mobile polling teams as part of the 2023 referendum.

Mobile polling services

The data in this file include all votes issued by mobile polling teams other than remote voter services teams, for the 2023 referendum. The votes issued include both ordinary and declaration votes. Declaration votes are grouped and counted separately by type. This data will be refreshed after close of polling.

Enrolment statistics

Certified list for 2023 Referendum

  • 17,676,347 Australians are enrolled to vote
  • 97.7% Estimated proportion of eligible Australians enrolled

Overseas voting

The files below provide the number of votes processed by overseas posts.

Updated: 5 December 2023