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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