Parliamentarians who are women

6.3 Women enjoy full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic, and public life.

Increased representation in leadership roles for women.

Proportion of parliamentarians who are women.

Public institutions must be representative of the Australian community they serve if trust in them is to be maintained and grown. One indicator of adequate representation in politics, is the share of women parliamentarians.

2022–2025

Number of women in the Australian parliament on the opening day of each parliament.

Data element: Parliamentarian—gender
Data source: Parliamentary handbook
Data source type: Administrative

Number of people in the Australian parliament on the opening day of each parliament.

Data element: Parliamentarian
Data source: Parliamentary handbook
Data source type: Administrative

This measure is expressed as a percentage of Australian parliamentarians at the opening of each parliament, for each parliament.

100 x (Numerator/Denominator)

For each year, nationally, by:

• state and territory.

Data are based on the composition at opening day of a new parliament following a federal election. Changes to the composition of the parliament due to by-elections will not be reflected in the numbers.