25 October 2007

A total of 13,645,073 Australians will be able to vote on election day, Saturday 24 November 2007, the Electoral Commissioner, Ian Campbell announced today.  The electoral roll closed at 8pm, Tuesday 23 October for the 2007 federal election.

The 2007 figure compares with 13 021 230 electors who were enrolled at the close of rolls for the 2004 federal election, an increase of 623,843.  A breakdown of the close of rolls figures by State/Territory and age is provided below:

State/Territory Age Close of Rolls Statistics for Federal Election 2007

Ages	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	TOTAL
18*	71,499	50,398	37,123	19,840	15,655	5,569	4,060	1,501	205,645
19	72,342	55,941	40,991	21,195	16,060	5,616	4,453	1,634	218,232
20-24	353,004	280,373	219,691	112,334	83,832	27,368	23,765	11,623	1,111,990
25-29	346,171	273,148	211,077	106,031	77,336	24,037	23,848	13,080	1,074,728
30-34	375,004	293,846	221,465	108,846	81,125	25,416	22,983	13,678	1,142,363
35-39	421,379	335,912	249,329	125,134	95,173	30,690	24,291	14,511	1,296,419
40-44	412,916	321,956	243,300	123,685	96,769	30,856	22,582	13,011	1,265,075
45-49	440,747	334,215	257,823	131,339	105,459	35,206	23,293	12,660	1,340,742
50-54	409,343	309,548	239,266	125,662	100,018	33,394	21,675	11,473	1,250,379
55-59	381,156	287,953	228,629	116,202	95,372	32,174	20,250	9,433	1,171,169
60-64	333,667	247,883	198,662	95,300	83,732	28,423	15,699	6,490	1,009,856
65-69	252,547	188,359	145,330	70,921	62,066	21,484	10,335	4,047	755,089
70+	625,561	462,564	319,614	156,453	163,371	49,555	21,508	4,760	1,803,386
TOTAL	4,495,336	3,442,096	2,612,300	1,312,942	1,075,968	349,788	238,742	117,901	13,645,073

* includes 15,646 enrolled 17 year olds who will turn 18 by election day.

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