The statistic depicts the estimated number of enrolled voters in Australia as of ********, by age. As of that date, around *** million Australians aged 70 years and older were enrolled to vote. In comparison, around *** thousand Australians aged between 18 and 19 years were enrolled voters.

As of June 2024, there were around **** million people enrolled to vote in Australia, out of an eligible voting population of just over **** million. Since 1924, Australia has instituted compulsory voting, resulting in very high voter turnouts during elections.

The 2010 Australian Election Study is the ninth in a series of surveys beginning in 1987 that have been timed to coincide with Australian Federal Elections. The series also builds on the 1967, 1969 and 1979 Australian Political Attitudes Surveys. The Australian Election Studies aim to provide a long-term perspective on stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate, and investigate the changing social bases of Australian politics as the economy and society modernise and change character. In addition to these long-term goals, they examine the political issues prevalent in the current election and assess their importance for the election result. The 2010 survey replicates many questions from the previous Australian Election Studies, but also introduces new questions regarding internet usage in election campaigns. Other sections cover the respondent's interest in the election campaign and politics, their past and present political affiliation, evaluation of parties and candidates, alignment with parties on various election issues, evaluation of the current economic situation, and attitudes to a range of election issues including; global warming; taxation; unemployment; health and Medicare; refugees and asylum seekers; and population policy. Opinions on social policy issues including abortion, equal opportunities, and Australia's security were also covered in the 2010 Australian Election Study. Background variables include level of education, employment status, occupation, type of employer, position at workplace, trade union membership, sex, age, own and parents' country of birth, parents' political preferences, religion, marital status, income, and where applicable, the occupation, trade union membership and political preference of the respondent's spouse. Version 1.0 of this data published 24/12/10 had an inherent bias derived from the sample supplied by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). This bias resulted in significant underrepresentation of younger enrolled voters in the achieved sample. To address this skew a survey was conducted, focusing on enumeration of 18-44 year olds, in early 2011 to "top up" the Version 1.0 data. The 2010 Australian Election Study is the first in the series to provide the option of completing the questionnaire online via a unique password, or via hardcopy. The "top up" survey, involved telephone recruitment of a sample of age qualified persons from previous Australian National University phone-based projects (stage 1) and the MyOpinions online panel database (stage 2), to complete the existing online version of Australian Election Survey. The MyOpinions online panel database was used to enumerate age groups still under-represented from stage 1. This was considered the most expedient method, within the budget and time constraints to address the under-representation in version 1.0. The weighting methodology was developed for Version 2.0 and was used to determine numbers for the "top up" phase. This data file is also supplemented with division level election results from the Australian Electoral Commission election results website (http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/). These variables are found under the variable group "AEC Election Results".

According to a survey conducted in Australia in 2023, the majority of Australian voters in favor of the Voice to Parliament referendum were between 18 and 24 years. The share declined exponentially with greater age.

The 2019 Australian Election Study is the twelfth in a series of surveys. It covers the respondent's interest in the election campaign and politics, their past and present political affiliation, evaluation of parties and candidates, alignment with parties on various election issues, evaluation of the current economic situation, and attitudes to a range of election issues including global warming, taxation, education, unemployment, health and Medicare, refugees and asylum seekers, and population policy. Opinions on policy issues including pill testing, equal opportunities, and recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution were also covered in the 2019 Australian Election Study. Background variables include level of education, employment status, occupation, type of employer, position at workplace, trade union membership, sex, age, own and parents' country of birth, parents' political preferences, religion, marital status, income, and where applicable, the occupation, trade union membership and political preference of the respondent's partner. The 2019 Australian Election Study is the first in the AES series to include a panel component. It is also the first panel survey concerned with political behaviour conducted in Australia since the 1967-69 Australian National Political Attitudes Surveys. User Notice: Please contact ADA to request access to the restricted postcode and demographic variables.

The Australian Election Study (AES) is designed to collect data for research on Australian public opinion and behaviour during federal elections. It is based on a national, post-election, self-completion survey consisting mainly of multiple choice questions.

The 2010 AES is the ninth in a series beginning in 1987. It also builds on the 1967, 1969 and 1979 Australian Political Attitudes Surveys. The studies aim to provide a long-term perspective on stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate, and investigate the changing social bases of Australian politics as the economy and society modernise and change character. In addition to these long-term goals, they examine the political issues prevalent in the current election and assess their importance for the election result.

In some cases, questions are repeated in each survey so that trends can be observed over a long period of time. However, in each survey there are always new sets of questions or modules added to gauge public opinion on contemporary social and political issues in Australia.

The 2010 survey replicates many questions from previous AES surveys, but also introduces new questions regarding internet usage in election campaigns. Other sections cover the respondent's interest in the election campaign and politics, their past and present political affiliation, evaluation of parties and candidates, alignment with parties on various election issues, evaluation of the current economic situation, and attitudes to a range of election issues including; global warming; taxation; unemployment; health and Medicare; refugees and asylum seekers; and population policy. Opinions on social policy issues including abortion, equal opportunities, and Australia's security were also covered in the 2010 AES. Background variables include level of education, employment status, occupation, type of employer, position at workplace, trade union membership, sex, age, own and parents' country of birth, parents' political preferences, religion, marital status, income, and where applicable, the occupation, trade union membership and political preference of the respondent's spouse.

The breakdown of the 2010 survey sections is as follows: Section A: The Election Campaign (16 questions) Section B: Party Preference and Voting (19 questions) Section C: Politicians and Government (14 questions) Section D: Election Issues (9 questions) Section E: Social Policy (8 questions) Section F: General Political Views (13 questions) Section G: Education and Work (8 questions) Section H: Personal Background (21 questions)

The sample for this study was stratified, systematic and random. The 2010 AES is the first in the series to provide the option of completing the questionnaire via hardcopy or online via a unique password.

Version 1.0 of this data published 24/12/10 had an inherent bias derived from the sample supplied by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). To address this bias a further survey was conducted in early 2011 to "top up" the Version 1.0 data. See the following link for more information:

http://www.ada.edu.au/ada/01228

The 2010 AES data is available in a variety of formats including SPSS Portable, Stata v.8, Stata v.7, Nesstar Publisher, NSDstat, DIF, DBase, Textfile, Delimited, SAS and Comma Separated Value file. The data can be downloaded in a zipped folder together with documentation in pdf or xml format.

The 2013 Australian Candidate Study (au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.01273) is the tenth in a series of election studies on federal election candidates. In 2013, candidates from the following parties were surveyed - Australian Labor Party, Liberal Party of Australia, National Party of Australia, Liberal National Party (Queensland) and Australian Greens. The study examined the prominent election issues, including attitudes to particular economic issues, social issues and opinions on the most critical problems facing Australia. Background variables include age, country of birth, age when left school, number of years of tertiary study, religion, frequency of attending religious services, marital status, House contested and party affiliated with. Note: A selection of demographic, party affliation and political background variables have been grouped to ensure confidentiality of the candidates. Others are restricted and are available by request only. Please contact the Australian Data Archive at ada@ada.edu.au for further details.

The study has two goals. The first is to continue the broad line of enquiry established by the 1967 and 1979 Australian National Political Attitudes surveys so that patterns of stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate can be traced over two decades. The second is to assess the electoral impact of forces specific to this election in order better to understand its outcome. Respondents were asked which party they voted for in the 1987 and 1984 Federal elections; when they had decided how to vote and whether they might have changed their vote; party identification; interest in politics; the importance of a number of issues and the media in deciding their vote; left-right positions for their own views and those of the major parties in the 1987 and 1984 elections; feelings about the party leaders indicated by ratings from 0 to 10, their qualities and effectiveness as prime minister. A section on election issues covered perceptions of Australia's current economic situation and the extent of the effect of government policies on the economy; government spending; privatisation; the role of trade unions and big business; uranium mining; law and order; Asian migration; marijuana; abortion; aborigines; testing for AIDS; censorship; homosexuality; opportunities for women. Other questions examined trust in government; political goals; and forms of political action. Background information included level of schooling; highest level of qualification; current activity; occupation; employment sector; supervision; union membership; self assessed social class; sex; age; length of current residence; country of birth of self and parents; year arrived in Australia; father's occupation; parents' schooling and political preference; marital status; number of children; partner's schooling, occupation, employment sector, supervision, union membership and political preference; religion and attendance at religious services.

Abstract (en): The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) is an ongoing program of cross-national collaboration. Formed in 1983, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. This survey is the third in a series exploring the "role of government" topic. The first survey on this topic was conducted in 1985-1986 (ICPSR 8909) and the second in 1990 (ICPSR 6010). Participating countries in the 1996 survey include Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. Citizens' opinions were elicited on the function of their national governments and on what governments should and should not be doing. Respondents were asked whether they approved of economic policies such as wage and price controls, job creation programs, including public work projects, support for ailing private industries, and the forced reduction in the industrial work week, as well as conservative measures, such as reductions in government spending and business regulations. Government spending was another topic, with respondents questioned as to their support for greater spending on the environment, health care, police and law enforcement, education, military and defense, culture and the arts, old age pensions, unemployment benefits, and housing for the poor. A number of questions dealt with respondents' attitudes regarding democracy, political power, and protest. Respondents were asked for their views on the rule of law when it is in conflict with private conscience, various forms of anti-government protest (public meetings, protest marches and demonstrations, nationwide strikes), whether the right to protest should be afforded to those who advocate the overthrow of the government by revolution, and the conflict between security needs and privacy rights. Other questions focused on the role of elections in democracies, including whether voters understand political issues, whether elections force governments to confront pressing political issues, whether certain institutions (unions, government, business and industry) have too much power in affecting election results, whether politicians really try to keep their election promises, whether civil servants can be trusted to work in the public's interest, and whether various industries (power companies, hospitals, banks) are better off being run by the private sector or by the government. Opinions were also elicited as to whether government had a legitimate role in the redistribution of wealth in the country, by tax policy or otherwise. Demographic variables include age, sex, education, marital status, personal and family income, employment status, household size and composition, occupation, religion and church attendance, social class, union membership, political party, voting history, and ethnicity. Persons aged 18 years and older in the nations of Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. Varies by nation. The data file is in SPSS export format.The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.The data dictionary, bivariate frequencies, and full question text portions of the PDF codebook are also provided in ASCII format.This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff. ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, hardcopy documentation has been converted to machine-readable form and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity.

Abstract

The World Values Survey (www.worldvaluessurvey.org) is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life, led by an international team of scholars, with the WVS association and secretariat headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

The survey, which started in 1981, seeks to use the most rigorous, high-quality research designs in each country. The WVS consists of nationally representative surveys conducted in almost 100 countries which contain almost 90 percent of the world’s population, using a common questionnaire. The WVS is the largest non-commercial, cross-national, time series investigation of human beliefs and values ever executed, currently including interviews with almost 400,000 respondents. Moreover the WVS is the only academic study covering the full range of global variations, from very poor to very rich countries, in all of the world’s major cultural zones.

The WVS seeks to help scientists and policy makers understand changes in the beliefs, values and motivations of people throughout the world. Thousands of political scientists, sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists and economists have used these data to analyze such topics as economic development, democratization, religion, gender equality, social capital, and subjective well-being. These data have also been widely used by government officials, journalists and students, and groups at the World Bank have analyzed the linkages between cultural factors and economic development.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Household Individual

Universe

National Population, Both sexes,18 and more years

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

A total of 5,000 sample members were randomly selected from the adult Australian population who are on the electoral roll. This selection was provided by the Australian Election Commission (AEC) for a one time use only for the purpose of conducting this survey. The sample of 5,000 records was further divided into two batches with batch 01 consisting of 4,211 records and batch 02 consisting of 789 records. This batching was undertaken with the view that batch 01 would be sufficient to achieve the target sample size of n = 1,600 and batch 02 to be used only as a top-up, if required.

The minimum sample size - i.e. the number of completed interviews which are included into the national data-set in the most of countries is 1200. Samples must be representative of all people in the age 18 and older residing within private households in each country, regardless of their nationality, citizenship or language. Whether the sampling method is full probability or a combination of probability and stratified, the national team should aim at obtaining as many Primary Sampling Units (starting points in case of random route sampling) in the sample as possible. It is highly recommended that a number of respondents per a PSU (or a route in case of random route sample) is not exceeding 10 respondents. It is possible to have several Primary Sampling Units per one settlement; they should be located in quite a good distance from each other. WVSA requires a complete explanation of proposed sampling procedures before the beginning of the survey fieldwork.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

For each wave, suggestions for questions are solicited by social scientists from all over the world and a final master questionnaire is developed in English. Since the start in 1981 each successive wave has covered a broader range of societies than the previous one. Analysis of the data from each wave has indicated that certain questions tapped interesting and important concepts while others were of little value. This has led to the more useful questions or themes being replicated in future waves while the less useful ones have been dropped making room for new questions.

The questionnaire is translated into the various national languages and in many cases independently translated back to English to check the accuracy of the translation. In most countries, the translated questionnaire is pre-tested to help identify questions for which the translation is problematic. In some cases certain problematic questions are omitted from the national questionnaire.

WVS requires implementation of the common questionnaire fully and faithfully, in all countries included into one wave. Any alteration to the original questionnaire has to be approved by the EC. Omission of no more than a maximum of 12 questions in any given country can be allowed.

Response rate

A total of 1,477 surveys were received as of 16 October 2012 with 1,286 hardcopy surveys and 191 online completes. Completed surveys were 1,477 (29.5%) and the Non response were 3,184 (63.7%)

In 2023, the majority of Australian voters in the Voice to Parliament referendum voted against the proposal. Only in the Australian Capital Territory, over ** percent of the votes were in favor of the Voice to Parliament in the referendum. Results of the Referendum While the Voice to Parliament Referendum did not succeed in passing in October 2023, there was a large difference between the ages and sex of voters who voted yes in this referendum. Nearly ** percent of voters aged between 18 and 24 years voted yes to the Voice to Parliament Referendum, while that number grew smaller with every age group above that. The share of females who voted yes on this issue was higher than that of the male population.
Factors affecting the vote One of the main self-reported voting factors in voting yes in the referendum was that a yes result would lead to better outcomes for the First Nations communities. In addition, around ** percent of all voters were concerned that a Voice to Parliament would lead to division in the country. While Australia voted against the Voice to Parliament, many people in the country believe that the government policies towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have not gone far enough, and that more help is needed for these communities.

A national telephone poll of 1000 adult residents of Australia conducted in August 2001. Topics covered include importance of different government responsibilities, quality of leadership, whether Australia should become a republic, issues of importance for families, maternity and paternity leave, child care, changes in working hours, attitude to individual contracts in the workplace, job satisfaction, changes in personal welfare, saving, tax, tax vs government services spending priorities for government, reconciliation, attitude an apology to and treaty with Aboriginal Australians, government assistance for country people and important industry, global warming, health spending, bulk-billing, public hospitals, aged care, education funding, foreign aid, U.S. - Australia relations, foreign investment, racial tolerance, community, population, immigrants, main cause of stress in families, unemployment benefits. Background variables are age, gender, education and location (urban/rural).

The Australian Gallup Polls, commissioned by Australian Public Opinion Polls (The Gallup Method) cover the periods of 1943-1968 and 1975-1987. Australian Gallup Polls comprise two subseries: the earlier series conducted by Roy Morgan (1943-1968); and the later series by McNair Anderson Associates (1975-1983). Opinion polls in the earlier series were conducted on a regular basis by Roy Morgan and the current holding of this archive date from July 1943 to August 1968, a total of 89 polls. The data are also available from the Roper Centre, University of Connecticut, U.S.A, where they were originally deposited. Topics covered in this survey, Australian Gallup Poll Survey 18 July 31,1943, are alcohol prohibition, Curtin, J., defence: army, all-party government, compulsory savings and investment, schools leaving age, and membership of trade unions. Background Variables: age, sex, economic classification, occupation of head of household, vote at last Federal election, present voting intention, car ownership and phone subscription.