1370.0 - Measures of Australia's Progress, 2013  
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Measures of Australia's Progress

Further info for participation

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This page contains the following further information for participation:
USEFUL LINKS
ABS General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2006 & 2010 (cat. no. 4159.0)

Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) 2012, Who voted in previous referendums and elections
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) 2012, National enrolment figures 2010 - 2013
GLOSSARY

Compulsory voting

Compulsory voting means that every eligible Australian citizen (18 years or older) is required by law to enrol and vote. If a person does not vote and is unable to provide a 'valid and sufficient' reason, a penalty is imposed. Compulsory voting is a distinctive feature of the Australian political culture.

All Australians who are eligible to vote elect people to represent them in the two houses of Parliament – the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Click on the links below to be taken to a summary of the graphs from the corresponding tab within the participation theme:

Overall progress?
Involvement in decision making
Access and opportunity
Taking responsibility

OVERALL PROGRESS?
Eligible Australians enrolled to vote
Headline progress indicator
...by state and territory, 2013
Image: Graph - Eligible Australians enrolled to vote
Source:
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), National enrolment figures by state/territory, viewed 23 September 2013 		Image: Graph - Eligible Australians enrolled to vote by state and territory, 2013
Source:
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), National enrolment figures by state/territory, viewed 23 September 2013
INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION MAKING
Voter turnout at federal elections
Progress indicator
...over the longer term, House of Reps
Image: Graph - Voter turnout at federal elections
Source:
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) 2012, Who voted in previous referendums and elections, viewed 23 September 2013 		Image: Graph - Voter turnout at federal elections over the longer term, House of Reps
Source:
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) 2012, Who voted in previous referendums and elections, viewed 23 September 2013
...over the longer term, Senate
Image: Graph - Voter turnout at federal elections over the longer term, Senate
Source:
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) 2012, Who voted in previous referendums and elections, viewed 23 September 2013
ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY
Active participation in civic & political groups(a)
Progress indicator
...by age, 2010
Image: Graph - Active participation in civic & political groups
Footnote:
(a) Proportion of persons aged 18 years and over that have actively participated in a civic or political group(s) in the last 12 months.
Source:
ABS General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2006 & 2010 (cat. no. 4159.0) 		Image: Graph - Active participation in civic & political groups by age, 2010
Footnote:
^ Estimates for the 18-24, 25-34, 65-74 and 75-84 year age groups have a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution.
* Estimate for the 85 years or more age group has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution.
(a) Proportion of persons aged 18 years and over that have actively participated in a civic or political group(s) in the last 12 months.
Source:
ABS General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2006 & 2010 (cat. no. 4159.0)
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
Overseas-born Australian residents (who have lived here for five years or more) who are Australian citizens
Progress indicator
...over the longer term
Image: Graph - Overseas-born Australian residents (who have lived here for five years or more) who are Australian citizens
Source:
Data available on request, ABS Censuses of Population and Housing 		Image: Graph - Overseas-born Australian residents (who have lived here for five years or more) who are Australian citizens over the longer term
Source:
Data available on request, ABS Censuses of Population and Housing