What percentage of the Australian population is on the electoral roll?
Not all of the resident population of Australia is entitled to electoral enrolment. Entitlement to be on the Commonwealth electoral roll applies only to Australian citizens, 17 years and over, and those British subjects who were enrolled on 25 January 1984. Non-citizens are not entitled to be enrolled. (While 17 year olds can have their names placed on the roll, they cannot vote until they are 18). At the time of the 2007 federal election an estimated 92.3% of eligible people were enrolled.
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