Record enrolment ahead of 2025 federal election

The AEC has today announced that a record 98.2% of eligible Australians are enrolled to vote in the upcoming federal election. There are 18,098,797 people enrolled for the election.

The roll has increased by 870,000 people since the 2022 federal election, a rise of 5.0%.

In the 11 days following the announcement of the election, the AEC added approximately 85,000 new voters to the roll, and helped more than 419,000 other voters to update their enrolment details.

This activity also brings Australia’s youth enrolment rate to 92.0%.

Quotes

• Attributable to Australian Electoral Commissioner Jeff Pope

“This is the third election in a row at which we’ve set a record for Australia’s national enrolment rate.”

“Record enrolment like this doesn’t happen by accident. It represents a huge amount of work on the part of the AEC to engage with voters and reduce barriers for enrolment, and of course a fantastic effort from eligible Australians to get enrolled.”

“We’re particularly focused on Australia’s youth enrolment rates, and I’m pleased to report that it’s now extremely healthy.”

“Well done, Australia.”

Further enrolment statistics are provided below.

Enrolment by state, territory and age

Ages	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	Total	Share of total*
18	75,874	56,648	45,386	24,612	14,832	4,566	4,605	1,260	227,783	1.3%
19	88,136	64,684	55,171	28,592	16,269	5,244	5,102	2,220	265,418	1.5%
20-24	417,467	333,419	291,823	140,388	90,071	26,734	25,195	13,502	1,338,599	7.4%
25-29	421,163	348,236	293,232	144,047	94,239	27,992	27,191	15,282	1,371,382	7.6%
30-34	445,490	382,414	302,316	152,431	98,563	30,187	29,543	16,599	1,457,543	8.1%
35-39	479,932	414,884	311,907	170,049	103,922	30,559	31,445	16,474	1,559,172	8.6%
40-44	494,588	413,050	321,190	172,346	105,596	30,618	32,488	15,690	1,585,566	8.8%
45-49	454,793	369,332	300,101	154,611	98,048	29,184	28,456	13,781	1,448,306	8.0%
50-54	477,151	381,570	320,169	159,490	105,934	33,403	27,397	14,064	1,519,178	8.4%
55-59	435,210	354,580	291,942	149,100	103,954	33,294	23,268	12,462	1,403,810	7.8%
60-64	448,514	345,520	291,715	144,990	107,870	36,808	21,106	10,842	1,407,365	7.8%
65-69	411,165	316,024	264,022	130,723	101,451	35,255	18,444	8,406	1,285,490	7.1%
70+	1,045,506	799,987	649,113	317,498	266,151	87,837	48,116	14,977	3,229,185	17.8%
Total	5,694,989	4,580,348	3,738,087	1,888,877	1,306,900	411,681	322,356	155,559	18,098,797	100.0%

* Due to rounding, rows may not add to exactly 100.0%

Certified List and enrolment rate by state and territory

State/ Territory	Electors on Certified List	Estimated Eligible Population	Enrolment rate	Estimated not enrolled
NSW*	5,694,989	5,723,964	99.0%	28,975
VIC	4,580,348	4,663,523	98.2%	83,175
QLD	3,738,087	3,831,911	97.6%	93,824
WA	1,888,877	1,966,415	96.1%	77,538
SA	1,306,900	1,333,471	98.0%	26,571
TAS	411,681	417,005	98.7%	5,324
ACT	322,356	329,768	97.8%	7,412
NT	155,559	166,136	93.6%	10,577
National	18,098,797	18,432,193	98.2%	333,396

* Enrolment rates above 99.0% are not reported

Youth enrolment

	Electors age 18 to 24 on Certified List	Estimated Eligible Population age 18 to 24	Youth enrolment rate	Estimated youth not enrolled
National	1,831,800	1,991,737	92.0%	159,937

First time voters

Youth electors (age 18 to 24) on polling day		Electors 25 and over on polling day	National total
Turned 18 since 2022 federal election	New to roll and over 18 at last election	New to roll since last election
750,000	150,000	500,000	1.4 million

Note: these numbers have been rounded

Editor’s notes:

• The AEC is aware of false claims made on social media attributing the growth of the electoral roll to new migrants. This claim has been debunked multiple times. New migrants make up approximately 30% of new enrolments in Australia, with the vast majority of enrolment growth being younger voters turning 18 and enrolling to vote for the first time. 

Media resources: 

• Enrolment statistics  
• Media reporting guide
• AEC YouTube Channel 
• AEC Flickr account