Australian citizenship practice test
By EasySay. Published . Updated .
Unofficial practice
Free. No account.
Practise for the Australian citizenship test with 20 questions in each practice test: 15 general and 5 about Australian values.
In this practice test every values question must be right, and 15 of 20 is the pass mark. The questions are our own unofficial practice, written from Our Common Bond.
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
In short
- AUHome Affairs says the test is sat in English only.
- AUHome Affairs says to use only the test resources on its own website.
- AUSitting the test costs nothing beyond the application fee, which already covers it.
The Australian citizenship test: what it is, and what it is not
- IS
- 20 multiple choice questions in 45 minutes, on a computer.
- IS
- All 5 values questions must be right, and 15 of 20 right overall.
- IS
- Written from the Our Common Bond booklet, Parts 1 to 4.
- IS NOT
- The same questions as the Home Affairs practice test: a real sitting uses other ones.
- IS NOT
- A course or app that Home Affairs recommends: it does not recommend outside courses or apps that claim to help you prepare.
How does this practice work?
Each practice test asks 20 multiple choice questions, one at a time. Fifteen are general questions about Australia, its people and its government.
Five are values questions, drawn from the 12 questions about Australian values in this bank. You choose an answer, press Check my answer, read the reason, and move on.
The rule in this practice test follows the rule that Home Affairs publishes for the real test. You need at least 15 of 20, and you must get all 5 values questions right.
One values question wrong means this practice test has not met the rule, even when every other answer is right and your total is 19. The result says so in words beside your score. It never says whether you would pass the real test.
Home Affairs writes the real test from one booklet, Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond. It warns that the questions in your own sitting will not be the ones in its sample. EasySay does not have, and does not copy, any question from the real test.
We read the testable section of the booklet on 17 October 2026 and wrote 40 questions in our own words. There are 28 general questions from Parts 1 to 3, and 12 values questions from Part 4. Each question has one right answer, three wrong answers and a short reason.
There are three ways to practise. The Practice test of 20 draws a fresh set every time. Values questions only goes through the 12 values questions.
By section keeps you in one part of the booklet.
The sections are Australia and its people, Democratic beliefs, rights and liberties, Government and the law, and Australian values. Use the list under the button to change the way before your first answer, or on the result screen.
Rules and numbers change. We checked the figures on this page against the Home Affairs site on 17 October 2026, and we check them again every quarter.
Home Affairs tells applicants to use only the test resources on its own website, and it does not endorse outside courses or apps. Treat EasySay as extra practice, and read the Home Affairs pages before you rely on anything here.
If English is not your first language, take your time. Home Affairs says the test is sat in English only.
The questions here use short, plain sentences, and the Listen button reads each one aloud on devices that can speak. Read the reason after every answer, including the ones you get right.
If you are preparing for another country
If you are preparing for another country, try US citizenship practice, 2025 or Life in the UK practice.
Practise on paper
5 free questions fit on one page. Print the sheet, or save it as a PDF, and try them with a pen. It holds no answers: mark yours on this page.
practice sheet
Unofficial practice
Australian citizenship practice sheet
5 free questions to try on paper. Tick one box per question, then mark them on the page.
- 1Who were the first people to live in Australia?Convicts sent from BritainGold miners from ChinaSettlers from IrelandAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- 2Which ships arrived in 1788 and began European settlement in Australia?Gold-rush ships carrying miners from ChinaTroop ships taking Anzac soldiers to GallipoliThe First Fleet, a group of convict ships from BritainShips carrying migrants who left Europe after World War II
- 3What happened on 1 January 1901?The First Fleet arrived at Sydney CoveThe six colonies united as the Commonwealth of AustraliaGold was found in New South Wales and VictoriaAboriginal peoples were counted in the Census for the first time
- 4What is the capital city of Australia?CanberraSydneyMelbourneBrisbane
- 5Which Australian state is the largest?QueenslandVictoriaTasmaniaWestern Australia
35 more free questions to practise are on the page.
Questions people ask
Is this the official citizenship test?
No. EasySay is unofficial practice. We wrote every question ourselves from the facts in Our Common Bond. We do not have the questions asked on the day, and Home Affairs says they will be different.
What does "all five values questions" mean?
Five of the 20 questions are about Australian values. Home Affairs says all five must be right, as well as at least 15 of 20 overall. This practice test follows that rule, so one values question wrong means the practice test has not met it.
Where do the questions come from?
We read the testable section of Our Common Bond, the booklet that Home Affairs says the test is based on. We wrote our own questions from its facts and did not copy its text. Each question names the part and page it comes from.
Does practice cost anything?
No. Practice is free and you do not need an account. Home Affairs says sitting the citizenship test costs nothing beyond the application fee, which already covers it.
Sources and dates
- Learn about the citizenship test, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government, Page last updated 7 October 2026. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia. Checked . Source: Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/).
- Prepare for the citizenship test, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government, Page last updated 23 February 2026. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia. Checked . Source: Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/).
- Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond (testable section), Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government, Testable section, Parts 1 to 4; booklet page last updated 15 November 2024. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Checked . Our Common Bond, © Commonwealth of Australia 2020, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Adapted by EasySay.
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EasySay. "Australian citizenship practice test". https://easysay.org/au/citizenship-test. Last updated 22 October 2026. Unofficial practice.
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