Media Release 2004: Close of Rolls Figures

Updated: 25 October 2010

15 September 2004

Following the close of rolls at 8pm on Tuesday, 7 September 2004 the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has released the close of rolls figures for the federal election on Saturday, 9 October 2004.

Eligible electors had seven days after the issue of the Writs to ensure they were correctly enrolled to vote in the federal election on 9 October 2004. Only those listed on the roll at the close of rolls are able to vote in this election.

TOTAL ENROLMENT

A total of 13 021 230 Australians are enrolled to vote in the upcoming election.

This close of rolls figure compares with 12 636 631 electors who were enrolled at the close of rolls for the 2001 federal election.

ENROLMENT BREAKDOWN

A breakdown of the 2004 close of rolls figures by State/Territory and age is provided below. For comparison with the 2001 close of rolls figures, please refer to pages 2 and 3 of this backgrounder.

State/Territory Age Statistics for Federal Election 2004
Ages NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL
18* 58521 49038 34389 19574 14534 5416 3707 1230 186409
19 67338 53458 41168 20260 15359 5629 4157 1449 208818
20-24 342242 270201 213702 104356 81269 26618 23005 10972 1072365
25-29 336526 268258 201668 100869 77362 23948 22019 12689 1043339
30-34 395300 314421 231004 113765 89564 28198 23460 14591 1210303
35-39 388029 311781 224294 114699 92373 29133 21881 13503 1195693
40-44 433422 329440 248022 126869 103836 34128 22960 13245 1311922
45-49 417287 317380 239811 125576 102172 33811 22302 11917 1270256
50-54 389481 294168 227645 118886 97409 32258 21654 11207 1192708
55-59 364953 272231 215679 107013 91954 30495 19109 8317 1109751
60-64 280716 206978 162085 78875 68859 23622 12312 5463 838910
65-69 233666 172245 127856 63516 57932 19400 8975 2957 686547
70+ 594641 432810 296079 143091 157191 46933 19355 4109 1694209
TOTAL 4302122 3292409 2463402 1237349 1049814 339589 224896 111649 13021230
* includes 13 803 enrolled 17 year olds who will turn 18 by election day.

Based on the total State/Territory close of rolls statistics for the 2004 federal election, a further breakdown by gender follows.

State Total Enrolment No. Females No. Males
NSW 4 302 122 2 233 919 2 068 203
VIC 3 292 409 1 712 554 1 579 855
QLD 2 463 402 1 274 777 1 188 625
WA 1 237 349 635 277 602 072
SA 1 049 814 544 622 505 192
TAS 339 589 176 297 163 292
ACT 224 896 116 217 108 679
NT 111 649 55 438 56 211
NATIONAL 13 021 230 6 749 101 6 272 129

2001 ELECTION CLOSE OF ROLLS FIGURES

A breakdown of the 2001 close of rolls figures by State/Territory, age and gender is provided below.

State/Territory Age Statistics for Federal Election 2001
Ages NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL
18 56759 49741 35618 19034 14849 5358 4071 1424 186854
19 56836 49104 41023 20218 15219 5254 4330 1580 193564
20-24 333744 269537 200619 103884 80325 25859 22606 11360 1047934
25-29 368430 293627 207902 108152 83941 25459 23145 14064 1124720
30-34 391104 319350 218485 116222 92641 28747 23048 15113 1204710
35-39 410888 318929 224244 119657 98062 30895 22623 13809 1239107
40-44 429061 324606 237563 125835 104348 34149 23213 13083 1291858
45-49 401300 304597 224812 121841 99303 32278 22339 11732 1218202
50-54 387487 289711 220637 117072 97141 31257 22141 10816 1176262
55-59 319846 235201 180039 88968 78951 25663 15874 7009 951551
60-64 258514 189333 140158 70594 63039 21217 10782 4425 758062
65-69 219580 160846 111908 56822 54612 17686 7944 2424 631822
70+ 570834 414164 276473 132139 151946 45007 17760 3662 1611985
TOTAL 4204383 3218746 2319481 1200438 1034377 328829 219876 110501 12636631

Based on the total State close of rolls statistics for the 2001 federal election (detailed above), a breakdown by gender is also provided below.

State Total Enrolment No. Females No. Males
NSW 4 204 383 2 180 987 2 023 396
VIC 3 218 746 1 670 604 1 548 142
QLD 2 319 481 1 199 466 1 120 015
WA 1 200 438 614 822 585 616
SA 1 034 377 535 876 498 501
TAS 328 829 170 701 158 128
ACT 219 876 113 293 106 583
NT 110 501 54 424 56 077
NATIONAL 12 636 631 6 540 173 6 096 458

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