Where are Australian elections held?

Thanks for your question, Alana. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) holds federal elections at polling places all around Australia.

Polling places are usually located in buildings like:

  • local schools
  • churches
  • community centres
  • local halls.

However, for some voters who are unable to get to a polling place to vote, the AEC organises mobile and remote polling places. Mobile polling teams can set up smaller, short-term polling places in locations like

  • aged care facilities
  • hospitals
  • prisons
  • remote towns and communities.
People in a polling place filling in their ballot papers in voting booths.

People voting

Australian Electoral Commission

People voting

People in a polling place filling in their ballot papers in voting booths.

Australian Electoral Commission

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Five people in a polling place completing ballot papers in cardboard voting booths. Voters are separated in their own booth to ensure their vote is secret. One voter is seated and assisted by someone else.

Permission should be sought from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) for third-party or commercial uses of this image. To contact the AEC email: media@aec.gov.au or phone: 13 23 26.