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Appendix 1: Electoral division classification

			Party status (a)
Division	Region	Socio-economic status (b)	2007 election	2010 election
New South Wales
Banks	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Barton	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Bennelong	Inner Metropolitan	High	Marginal ALP	Marginal LP
Berowra	Outer Metropolitan	High	Safe LP	Safe LP
Blaxland	Inner Metropolitan	Low	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Bradfield	Inner Metropolitan	High	Safe LP	Safe LP
Calare	Rural	Low	Marginal NP	Safe NP
Charlton	Provincial	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Chifley	Outer Metropolitan	Low	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Cook	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Safe LP
Cowper	Rural	Low	Marginal NP	Fairly Safe NP
Cunningham	Provincial	Upper Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Dobell	Provincial	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal ALP
Eden-Monaro	Rural	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal ALP
Farrer	Rural	Low	Safe LP	Safe LP
Fowler	Outer Metropolitan	Low	Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Gilmore	Rural	Lower Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Grayndler	Inner Metropolitan	High	Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Greenway	Outer Metropolitan	High	Marginal LP	Marginal ALP
Hughes	Outer Metropolitan	High	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Hume	Rural	Lower Middle	Marginal LP	Fairly Safe LP
Hunter	Rural	Low	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Kingsford Smith	Inner Metropolitan	High	Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Lindsay	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Lyne	Rural	Low	Fairly Safe NP	Safe Ind
Macarthur	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Mackellar	Outer Metropolitan	High	Safe LP	Safe LP
Macquarie	Provincial	High	Marginal ALP	Marginal LP
McMahon	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Mitchell	Outer Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Safe LP
New England	Rural	Low	Safe Ind	Safe Ind
Newcastle	Provincial	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
North Sydney	Inner Metropolitan	High	Marginal LP	Safe LP
Page	Rural	Low	Marginal ALP	Marginal ALP
Parkes	Rural	Low	Safe NP	Safe NP
Parramatta	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Paterson	Rural	Lower Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Reid	Inner Metropolitan	High	Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Richmond	Rural	Lower Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Riverina	Rural	Low	Safe NP	Safe NP
Robertson	Provincial	Upper Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal ALP
Shortland	Provincial	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Sydney	Inner Metropolitan	High	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Throsby	Provincial	Low	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Warringah	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Safe LP
Watson	Inner Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Wentworth	Inner Metropolitan	High	Marginal LP	Safe LP
Werriwa	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP

			Party status (a)
Division	Region	Socio-economic status (b)	2007 election	2010 election
Victoria
Aston	Outer Metropolitan	High	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Ballarat	Provincial	Lower Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Batman	Inner Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Bendigo	Provincial	Low	Fairly Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Bruce	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Calwell	Outer Metropolitan	Low	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Casey	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Chisholm	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Corangamite	Provincial	Upper Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal ALP
Corio	Provincial	Low	Fairly Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Deakin	Outer Metropolitan	High	Marginal ALP	Marginal ALP
Dunkley	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Flinders	Rural	Lower Middle	Fairly Safe LP	Fairly Safe LP
Gellibrand	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Gippsland	Rural	Low	Marginal NP	Safe NP
Goldstein	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Fairly Safe LP
Gorton	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Higgins	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Fairly Safe LP
Holt	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Hotham	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Indi	Rural	Low	Fairly Safe LP	Fairly Safe LP
Isaacs	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Jagajaga	Outer Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Kooyong	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Fairly Safe LP
La Trobe	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal ALP
Lalor	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Mallee	Rural	Low	Safe NP	Safe NP
Maribyrnong	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
McEwen	Rural	Upper Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal ALP
McMillan	Rural	Low	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Melbourne	Inner Metropolitan	High	Marginal ALP	Fairly Safe Grn
Melbourne Ports	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Menzies	Outer Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Fairly Safe LP
Murray	Rural	Low	Safe LP	Safe LP
Scullin	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP
Wannon	Rural	Low	Fairly Safe LP	Fairly Safe LP
Wills	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Safe ALP	Safe ALP

			Party status (a)
Division	Region	Socio-economic status (b)	2007 election	2010 election
Queensland
Blair	Rural	Low	Fairly Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Bonner	Outer Metropolitan	High	Marginal ALP	Marginal LNQ
Bowman	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LNQ	Safe LNQ
Brisbane	Inner Metropolitan	High	Marginal ALP	Marginal LNQ
Capricornia	Provincial	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Dawson	Rural	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal LNQ
Dickson	Outer Metropolitan	High	Marginal LNQ	Marginal LNQ
Fadden	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Safe LNQ	Safe LNQ
Fairfax	Rural	Upper Middle	Marginal LNQ	Fairly Safe LNQ
Fisher	Rural	Upper Middle	Marginal LNQ	Marginal LNQ
Flynn	Rural	Low	Marginal ALP	Marginal LNQ
Forde	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal LNQ
Griffith	Outer Metropolitan	High	Safe ALP	Fairly Safe ALP
Groom	Provincial	Lower Middle	Fairly Safe LNQ	Safe LNQ
Herbert	Provincial	Lower Middle	Marginal LNQ	Marginal LNQ
Hinkler	Provincial	Low	Marginal LNQ	Safe LNQ
Kennedy	Rural	Low	Safe Ind	Safe Ind
Leichhardt	Rural	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal LNQ
Lilley	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Longman	Provincial	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal LNQ
Maranoa	Rural	Low	Safe LNQ	Safe LNQ
McPherson	Provincial	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe LNQ	Safe LNQ
Moncrieff	Provincial	Upper Middle	Safe LNQ	Safe LNQ
Moreton	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Oxley	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Petrie	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal ALP
Rankin	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Ryan	Outer Metropolitan	High	Marginal LNQ	Fairly Safe LNQ
Wide Bay	Rural	Low	Fairly Safe LNQ	Safe LNQ
Wright	Rural	Upper Middle	Marginal LNQ	Safe LNQ
Western Australia
Brand	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal ALP
Canning	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Cowan	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP	Fairly Safe LP
Curtin	Inner Metropolitan	High	Safe LP	Safe LP
Durack	Rural	Lower Middle	Fairly Safe LP	Safe LP
Forrest	Rural	Lower Middle	Marginal LP	Fairly Safe LP
Fremantle	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Hasluck	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP	Marginal LP
Moore	Outer Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Safe LP
O'Connor	Rural	Low	Safe LP	Marginal NP
Pearce	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe LP	Fairly Safe LP
Perth	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe ALP	Marginal ALP
Stirling	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Swan	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP	Marginal LP
Tangney	Inner Metropolitan	High	Fairly Safe LP	Safe LP

				Party status (a)
Division	Region	Socio-economic status (b)	2007 election		2010 election
South Australia
Adelaide	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe ALP		Fairly Safe ALP
Barker	Rural	Low	Fairly Safe LP		Safe LP
Boothby	Outer Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP		Marginal LP
Grey	Rural	Low	Marginal LP		Safe LP
Hindmarsh	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal ALP		Marginal ALP
Kingston	Outer Metropolitan	Low	Marginal ALP		Safe ALP
Makin	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Fairly Safe ALP		Safe ALP
Mayo	Rural	Upper Middle	Fairly Safe LP		Fairly Safe LP
Port Adelaide	Inner Metropolitan	Low	Safe ALP		Safe ALP
Sturt	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal LP		Marginal LP
Wakefield	Rural	Low	Fairly Safe ALP		Safe ALP
Tasmania
Bass	Provincial	Low	Marginal ALP		Fairly Safe ALP
Braddon	Rural	Low	Marginal ALP		Fairly Safe ALP
Denison	Inner Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Safe ALP		Marginal Ind
Franklin	Outer Metropolitan	Lower Middle	Marginal ALP		Safe ALP
Lyons	Rural	Low	Fairly Safe ALP		Safe ALP
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra	Inner Metropolitan	High	Safe ALP		Fairly Safe ALP
Fraser	Inner Metropolitan	High	Safe ALP		Safe ALP
Northern Territory
Lingiari	Rural	Low	Safe ALP		Marginal ALP
Solomon	Inner Metropolitan	Upper Middle	Marginal ALP		Marginal CLP