State electoral redistributions
Over time, people move into and around Queensland, altering the balance of voters in each electorate. State redistributions are undertaken so that each electoral district contains a similar number of voters. This ensures each person's vote carries equal weight at elections.
Next State redistribution
The next State redistribution will commence in 2025. The review of Queensland’s electoral boundaries is required because 7.5 years have passed since the previous redistribution became final in 2017.
State redistributions are undertaken by the independent Queensland Redistribution Commission (QRC).
Redistribution process
The QRC will review enrolment numbers in Queensland’s 93 electoral districts, and adjust boundaries to ensure that each district remains within 10 per cent of the average enrolment (quota). An additional ‘large district allowance’ is applied in calculating the enrolment for electoral districts with a geographic area of over 100,000 km2.
Enrolment figures for each electoral district are regularly updated on the ECQ’s enrolment figures web page.
The QRC will also consider other factors such as economic, social, regional or community of interest factors, ways of communication and travel within districts, physical features, existing boundaries and demographic trends.
The State redistribution will include multiple stages of community consultation. Any interested person or organisation will be able to make a submission to the QRC with:
- suggestions to be considered in the redistribution
- comments on any suggestions received
- objections to the proposed redistribution released by the QRC
- comments on the objections to the proposed redistribution.
More information will be published when the redistribution formally commences. The revised electoral boundaries will come into effect at the 2028 State general election.
Queensland Redistribution Commission
The QRC consists of:
- a judge or former judge of a court of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory (chairperson)
- the Electoral Commissioner of Queensland, and
- the chief executive of a department (or equivalent).
The QRC completed previous state boundary reviews in 1999, 2008 and 2017.
Previous state redistribution reports
The current state electoral boundaries became effective on the 29th October 2017. These boundaries will remain in place until the next state redistribution is finalised.
| Final Determination Report | Proposed Determination Report |
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Enrolment and Spatial Data - Final 93 Electorates
2017 Queensland Redistribution Commission: 93 Electoral District Enrolment and Spatial Data
Disclaimer: Redistribution reviews use various Queensland state and federal spatial and demographic datasets to model electoral boundaries. Therefore the outputs may not align perfectly to boundaries or data maintained by other authorities.
Current and Projected Enrolment - Districts and SA1s:
- Current and Projected District Enrolment XLSX (0.02 MB)
- Current and Projected SA1 Enrolment CSV (0.36 MB)
Spatial MapInfo Data:
Note: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software is required to view these data-sets.
MapInfo Data:
ESRI Data:
KML Data:
| Final Maps of Queensland's Regions | |
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| Public Suggestions | Public Comments on the Suggestions |
| Objections to the Proposal | Public Comments on the Objections |
The 2008 redistribution of Queensland's state electoral boundaries became effective on 10th September 2008. These boundaries remained in place until the writ for the 2017 State Election was issued.
| Final Determination Report | Proposed Determination Report |
|---|---|
| Public Suggestions | Public Comments on the Suggestions |
| Objections to the Proposal | Public Comments on the Objections |
The 1999 redistribution was the first to be conducted by the Queensland Redistribution Commission. These boundaries remained in place until the completion and implementation of the 2008 boundary redistribution.
| Final Determination Report | Proposed Determination Report |
|---|---|
| Public Suggestions | Public Comments on the Suggestions |
| Objections to the Proposal | Public Comments on the Objections |
The Electoral and Administrative Review Commission's conducted its redistribution in 1991. The final determination report is below: