Election 2010: Over 14 million Australians enrolled to vote for 2010 election

29 July 2010

A total of 14 030 528 people are enrolled to vote in the 2010 federal election, the Electoral Commissioner, Ed Killesteyn announced today.

Following the announcement of the federal election 85 996 additions to the electoral roll were received before the deadline for enrolment.

These figures contributed to an overall net increase of 385 455 since the close of rolls for the 2007 federal election, when 13 645 073 were enrolled to vote.

Table: Close of Rolls Statistics for Federal Election 2010 by State/Territory and by Age
Ages	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	TOTAL
18*	58 417	47 114	35 972	17 472	14 578	5 134	3 898	1 175	183 760
19	67 469	53 002	39 921	20 087	15 956	5 716	4 170	1 329	207 650
20–24	354 061	282 012	216 277	111 665	84 172	27 435	23 191	10 877	1 109 690
25–29	355 760	286 202	223 720	111 634	82 838	25 213	24 837	13 557	1 123 761
30–34	360 890	287 119	214 840	107 664	79 121	24 275	23 103	13 084	1 110 096
35–39	417 982	328 529	249 955	121 811	91 397	29 153	24 605	14 084	1 277 516
40–44	404 673	327 369	245 359	124 810	95 856	30 617	23 054	13 399	1 265 137
45–49	437 683	335 554	260 546	132 220	104 368	34 276	23 254	12 785	1 340 686
50–54	424 699	324 161	251 668	130 207	103 842	34 797	22 306	12 016	1 303 696
55–59	390 864	296 299	233 650	120 230	97 375	32 970	20 097	10 135	1 201 620
60–64	368 090	277 125	222 214	109 301	92 859	31 639	18 180	7 704	1 127 112
65–69	282 193	208 160	166 587	79 001	69 246	24 074	11 834	4 643	845 738
70+	668 967	494 757	346 755	170 186	171 219	52 574	23 907	5 701	1 934 066
TOTAL	4 591 748	3 547 403	2 707 464	1 356 288	1 102 827	357 873	246 436	120 489	14 030 528

*18 yr olds include 10 051 provisionally enrolled 17 year olds turning 18 by election day who will be able to vote.

Editor's note:

Also available: Number of electors enrolled to vote for individual federal divisions (electorates).

Phil Diak | Director Media
AEC, Canberra
02 6271 4415
0413 452 539