Informality (%) House of Representatives and Senate
Updated: 24 August 2022
Senate
Year |
NSW |
Vic. |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas. |
ACT |
NT |
Total |
1977 |
9.6 |
9.1 |
8.0 |
8.2 |
10.4 |
7.1 |
3.1 |
6.5 |
9.0 |
1980 |
9.4 |
11.1 |
9.2 |
9.9 |
8.7 |
7.4 |
2.8 |
7.3 |
9.6 |
1983[1] |
11.1 |
10.7 |
8.6 |
8.1 |
8.8 |
7.4 |
3.3 |
4.7 |
9.9 |
1984 |
5.2 |
3.7 |
2.7 |
4.2 |
5.0 |
5.7 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
4.3 |
1987 |
4.9 |
4.0 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
1990 |
4.2 |
3.6 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
1993 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
1996 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
1998 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
2001 |
3.5 |
5.6 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
3.9 |
2004 |
3.5 |
5.1 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
2007 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
2010 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
2.6 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
2013 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
2014[2] |
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|
2.5 |
|
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|
|
|
2016 |
4.5 |
4.2 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
2019 |
4.3 |
4 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
2.3 |
3.6 |
3.8 |
2022 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.2 |
1.7 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
House of Representatives
Year |
NSW |
Vic. |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas. |
ACT |
NT |
Total |
1977 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
1.5 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1980 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
4.9 |
2.5 |
1983[1] |
2.2 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
4.4 |
2.1 |
1984 |
5.7 |
7.5 |
4.5 |
7.1 |
8.2 |
5.9 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
6.3 |
1987 |
4.6 |
5.3 |
3.4 |
6.6 |
6.8 |
5.0 |
3.5 |
5.8 |
4.9 |
1990 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
2.2 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
1993 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
1996 |
3.6 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
1998 |
4.0 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
2001 |
5.4 |
4.0 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
5.5 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
2004 |
6.1 |
4.1 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
4.5 |
5.2 |
2007 |
5.0 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
2010 |
6.8 |
4.5 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
5.5 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
6.2 |
5.6 |
2013 |
7.6 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
6.3 |
5.9 |
2016 |
6.2 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4 |
4.2 |
4 |
2.8 |
7.4 |
5 |
2019 |
7 |
4.7 |
5 |
5.4 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
3.5 |
4.7 |
5.5 |
2022 |
6.2 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
2.4 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
- 1983 figures include missing and discarded
- WA Senate election
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