Playing DemocraCity, students learn about the unique aspects of Australian democracy. They'll help issue ballot papers, practise voting and explore how votes are counted.

Create exciting civics experiences in your classroom

DemocraCity creates the energy of a real election in your classroom. Civics education becomes an active and exciting experience.

Watch enrolment module demo

Range of itineraries to choose from or create on your own

DemocraCity is designed with a selection of modules, which can be combined to create a range of itineraries. Teachers can choose from a suggested itinerary or design their own.

Modules and itineraries

Rich resources to support your activities

Each game module is supported by robust educational resources designed to help teachers plan and deliver targeted lessons, consolidate student understanding, and assess civics knowledge in creative ways.

Resources

Start your journey

1. Check

  1. Check your school's requirements and familarise with our FAQs for more information.
  2. Democracity needs the same permissions and approvals required for other apps or programs in your school.

2. Download

  1. Download and install DemocraCity.
  2. Sign up to the DemocraCity Teacher portal. The Teacher's portal is required to run a DemocraCity session in your classroom.

3. Plan

  1. Explore the game modules and plan your lesson. We recommend two one-hour sessions to cover key content.
  2. Use the suggested itineraries or curate your own using the Teacher portal.

4. Start

  1. Use the Teacher portal to run and create your own DemocraCity session.
  2. Provide the unique session key to your students to enter and start playing.

Download DemocraCity

DemocraCity can be played on laptops, tablets, Chromebooks or phones. Follow the link for detailed instructions.

Download and install

Frequently Asked Questions

You may need permission from your school, department or other authorities to whitelist or provide access to download the game. See our Technical and Policy FAQs.

DemocraCity has been approved or whitelisted by some State and Territory Education Departments. The AEC is working with each jurisdiction to seek endorsement of the game. For more information contact your IT Department, relevant authority or Democracitygame@aec.gov.au.

These devices are known to be compatible with DemocraCity. If your device is older than these devices, it may not be compatible. If your device is newer and not listed, please contact us.

Android

  • Google Pixel 5
  • Google Pixel 6
  • Google Pixel 7
  • Samsung Galaxy Flip 3
  • Samsung Galaxy S21 FE
  • Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
  • Samsung Galaxy S22
  • Any device superseding the above

iOS

  • iPhone 11
  • iPhone 12 Pro
  • iPhone SE
  • iPhone XS

iPadOS

  • iPad (6th Generation)
  • iPad Mini (5th Generation)
  • iPad Pro (4th generation)
  • Any device superseding the above

Windows

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-4790
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel Graphics 750
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i7 8700
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 1080
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

MacOS

Minimum:

  • OS: Monterey
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 6500
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M380 2GB
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended:

  • OS: Sequoia
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-8500
  • Memory: 16GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 560X 4GB
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

Chromebook

Minimum:

  • Processor: Intel Celeron N4500
  • Memory: 4GB
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended:

  • Processor: Intel N-Series N200
  • Memory: 8GB
  • Storage 2GB available space

Yes, both are available on the downloads page.

The only site that needs to be accessed is https://democracity.aec.gov.au/ . This is the only domain DemocraCity communicates with. If it can’t be accessed, you may need to ask relevant authorities to specifically whitelist or exclude it.

The website is accessed by teachers to use the Control Panel and by the DemocraCity game to create data connections.

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