Background Paper 14 1997-98

Electorate Rankings: Census 1996

Table 1a Total Population

Electoral Division	Party	Number	Electoral Division	Party	Number
Adelaide (SA)	LIB	118712	Hunter (NSW)	ALP	116584
Aston (Vic)	LIB	120137	Indi (Vic)	LIB	119632
Ballarat (Vic)	LIB	114580	Isaacs (Vic)	ALP	111217
Banks (NSW)	ALP	107840	Jagajaga (Vic)	ALP	118838
Barker (SA)	LIB	116470	Kalgoorlie (WA)	IND	168250
Barton (NSW)	ALP	117227	Kennedy (Qld)	NP	144978
Bass (Tas)	LIB	92275	Kingsford-Smith (NSW)	ALP	126397
Batman (Vic)	ALP	125060	Kingston (SA)	LIB	130006
Bendigo (Vic)	LIB	113949	Kooyong (Vic)	LIB	117495
Bennelong (NSW)	LIB	121520	Lalor (Vic)	ALP	120587
Berowra (NSW)	LIB	121692	La Trobe (Vic)	LIB	113251
Blair (Qld)	LIB	113801	Leichhardt (Qld)	LIB	157943
Blaxland (NSW)	ALP	123873	Lilley (Qld)	LIB	120376
Bonython (SA)	ALP	123779	Lindsay (NSW)	LIB	129841
Boothby (SA)	LIB	107210	Longman (Qld)	LIB	112961
Bowman (Qld)	LIB	115515	Lowe (NSW)	LIB	121948
Braddon (Tas)	LIB	86732	Lyne (NSW)	NP	114291
Bradfield (NSW)	LIB	111760	Lyons (Tas)	ALP	95440
Brand (WA)	ALP	110023	Macarthur (NSW)	LIB	132965
Brisbane (Qld)	ALP	136961	Mackellar (NSW)	LIB	113999
Bruce (Vic)	ALP	120817	Macquarie (NSW)	LIB	120196
Burke (Vic)	ALP	118789	Makin (SA)	LIB	126230
Calare (NSW)	IND	115166	Mallee (Vic)	NP	113980
Calwell (Vic)	ALP	129369	Maranoa (Qld)	NP	127044
Canberra (ACT)	ALP	153503	Maribyrnong (Vic)	ALP	117207
Canning (WA)	LIB	120211	Mayo (SA)	LIB	126148
Capricornia (Qld)	NP	129352	McEwen (Vic)	LIB	122163
Casey (Vic)	LIB	113718	McMillan (Vic)	LIB	116636
Charlton (NSW)	ALP	117085	McPherson (Qld)	LIB	133053
Chifley (NSW)	ALP	138607	Melbourne (Vic)	ALP	146700
Chisholm (Vic)	LIB	118212	Melbourne Ports (Vic)	ALP	119633
Cook (NSW)	LIB	105706	Menzies (Vic)	LIB	108052
Coragamite (Vic)	LIB	104616	Mitchell (NSW)	LIB	114245
Corio (Vic)	ALP	117468	Moncrieff (Qld)	LIB	144648
Cowan (WA)	LIB	116169	Moore (WA)	IND	116322
Cowper (NSW)	NP	119092	Moreton (Qld)	LIB	119380
Cunningham (NSW)	ALP	109709	Murray (Vic)	LIB	116750
Curtin (WA)	IND	123954	Newcastle (NSW)	ALP	105759
Dawson (Qld)	NP	136060	New England (NSW)	NP	111152
Deakin (Vic)	LIB	110157	North Sydney (NSW)	LIB	129479
Denison (Tas)	ALP	92840	Northern Territory (NT)	LIB	197150
Dickson (Qld)	LIB	113710	O'Connor (WA)	LIB	125425
Dobell (NSW)	ALP	118246	Oxley (Qld)	ALP	124181
Dunkley (Vic)	LIB	112913	Page (NSW)	NP	122911
Eden-Monaro (NSW)	LIB	126862	Parkes (NSW)	NP	119559
Fadden (Qld)	LIB	115913	Parramatta (NSW)	LIB	121040
Fairfax (Qld)	LIB	118329	Paterson (NSW)	LIB	113234
Farrer (NSW)	NP	110524	Pearce (WA)	LIB	115376
Fisher (Qld)	LIB	111491	Perth (WA)	ALP	126054
Flinders (Vic)	LIB	109241	Petrie (Qld)	LIB	116835
Forde (Qld)	LIB	120588	Port Adelaide (SA)	ALP	114150
Forrest (WA)	LIB	115592	Prospect (NSW)	ALP	121937
Fowler (NSW)	ALP	146775	Rankin (Qld)	LIB	129081
Franklin (Tas)	ALP	91740	Reid (NSW)	ALP	135530
Fraser (ACT)	ALP	146504	Richmond (NSW)	NP	129132
Fremantle (WA)	ALP	117504	Riverina (NSW)	NP	121361
Gellibrand (Vic)	ALP	123064	Robertson (NSW)	LIB	110861
Gilmore (NSW)	LIB	108694	Ryan (Qld)	LIB	120159
Gippsland (Vic)	NP	113229	Scullin (Vic)	ALP	119161
Goldstein (Vic)	LIB	117296	Shortland (NSW)	ALP	105114
Grayndler (NSW)	ALP	135534	Stirling (WA)	LIB	118903
Greenway (NSW)	ALP	129932	Sturt (SA)	LIB	107279
Grey (SA)	LIB	125181	Swan (WA)	LIB	125936
Griffith (Qld)	LIB	118746	Sydney (NSW)	ALP	160018
Groom (Qld)	LIB	117220	Tangney (WA)	LIB	123352
Gwydir (NSW)	NP	111146	Throsby (NSW)	ALP	111576
Herbert (Qld)	LIB	130729	Wakefield (SA)	LIB	122557
Higgins (Vic)	LIB	119530	Wannon (Vic)	LIB	113634
Hindmarsh (SA)	LIB	109616	Warringah (NSW)	LIB	113182
Hinkler (Qld)	NP	118132	Watson (NSW)	ALP	125235
Holt (Vic)	ALP	128423	Wentworth (NSW)	LIB	126471
Hotham (Vic)	ALP	122570	Werriwa (NSW)	ALP	134484
Hughes (NSW)	LIB	124053	Wide Bay (Qld)	NP	118659
Hume (NSW)	NP	106515	Wills (Vic)	ALP	124639

Table 1b Ranked by Total Population

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Number

1

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

86732

75

Stirling (WA)

LIB

118903

2

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

91740

76

Cowper (NSW)

NP

119092

3

Bass (Tas)

LIB

92275

77

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

119161

4

Denison (Tas)

ALP

92840

78

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

119380

5

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

95440

79

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

119530

6

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

104616

80

Parkes (NSW)

NP

119559

7

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

105114

81

Indi (Vic)

LIB

119632

8

Cook (NSW)

LIB

105706

82

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

119633

9

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

105759

83

Aston (Vic)

LIB

120137

10

Hume (NSW)

NP

106515

84

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

120159

11

Boothby (SA)

LIB

107210

85

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

120196

12

Sturt (SA)

LIB

107279

86

Canning (WA)

LIB

120211

13

Banks (NSW)

ALP

107840

87

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

120376

14

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

108052

88

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

120587

15

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

108694

89

Forde (Qld)

LIB

120588

16

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

109241

90

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

120817

17

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

109616

91

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

121040

18

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

109709

92

Riverina (NSW)

NP

121361

19

Brand (WA)

ALP

110023

93

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

121520

20

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

110157

94

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

121692

21

Farrer (NSW)

NP

110524

95

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

121937

22

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

110861

96

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

121948

23

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

111146

97

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

122163

24

New England (NSW)

NP

111152

98

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

122557

25

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

111217

99

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

122570

26

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

111491

100

Page (NSW)

NP

122911

27

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

111576

101

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

123064

28

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

111760

102

Tangney (WA)

LIB

123352

29

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

112913

103

Bonython (SA)

ALP

123779

30

Longman (Qld)

LIB

112961

104

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

123873

31

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

113182

105

Curtin (WA)

IND

123954

32

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

113229

106

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

124053

33

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

113234

107

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

124181

34

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

113251

108

Wills (Vic)

ALP

124639

35

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

113634

109

Batman (Vic)

ALP

125060

36

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

113710

110

Grey (SA)

LIB

125181

37

Casey (Vic)

LIB

113718

111

Watson (NSW)

ALP

125235

38

Blair (Qld)

LIB

113801

112

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

125425

39

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

113949

113

Swan (WA)

LIB

125936

40

Mallee (Vic)

NP

113980

114

Perth (WA)

ALP

126054

41

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

113999

115

Mayo (SA)

LIB

126148

42

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

114150

116

Makin (SA)

LIB

126230

43

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

114245

117

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

126397

44

Lyne (NSW)

NP

114291

118

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

126471

45

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

114580

119

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

126862

46

Calare (NSW)

IND

115166

120

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

127044

47

Pearce (WA)

LIB

115376

121

Holt (Vic)

ALP

128423

48

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

115515

122

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

129081

49

Forrest (WA)

LIB

115592

123

Richmond (NSW)

NP

129132

50

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

115913

124

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

129352

51

Cowan (WA)

LIB

116169

125

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

129369

52

Moore (WA)

IND

116322

126

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

129479

53

Barker (SA)

LIB

116470

127

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

129841

54

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

116584

128

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

129932

55

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

116636

129

Kingston (SA)

LIB

130006

56

Murray (Vic)

LIB

116750

130

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

130729

57

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

116835

131

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

132965

58

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

117085

132

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

133053

59

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

117207

133

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

134484

60

Groom (Qld)

LIB

117220

134

Reid (NSW)

ALP

135530

61

Barton (NSW)

ALP

117227

135

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

135534

62

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

117296

136

Dawson (Qld)

NP

136060

63

Corio (Vic)

ALP

117468

137

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

136961

64

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

117495

138

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

138607

65

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

117504

139

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

144648

66

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

118132

140

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

144978

67

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

118212

141

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

146504

68

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

118246

142

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

146700

69

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

118329

143

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

146775

70

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

118659

144

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

153503

71

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

118712

145

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

157943

72

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

118746

146

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

160018

73

Burke (Vic)

ALP

118789

147

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

168250

74

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

118838

148

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

197150

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Rank	Electoral Division	Party	Number	Rank	Electoral Division	Party	Number
1	Braddon (Tas)	LIB	86732	75	Stirling (WA)	LIB	118903
2	Franklin (Tas)	ALP	91740	76	Cowper (NSW)	NP	119092
3	Bass (Tas)	LIB	92275	77	Scullin (Vic)	ALP	119161
4	Denison (Tas)	ALP	92840	78	Moreton (Qld)	LIB	119380
5	Lyons (Tas)	ALP	95440	79	Higgins (Vic)	LIB	119530
6	Coragamite (Vic)	LIB	104616	80	Parkes (NSW)	NP	119559
7	Shortland (NSW)	ALP	105114	81	Indi (Vic)	LIB	119632
8	Cook (NSW)	LIB	105706	82	Melbourne Ports (Vic)	ALP	119633
9	Newcastle (NSW)	ALP	105759	83	Aston (Vic)	LIB	120137
10	Hume (NSW)	NP	106515	84	Ryan (Qld)	LIB	120159
11	Boothby (SA)	LIB	107210	85	Macquarie (NSW)	LIB	120196
12	Sturt (SA)	LIB	107279	86	Canning (WA)	LIB	120211
13	Banks (NSW)	ALP	107840	87	Lilley (Qld)	LIB	120376
14	Menzies (Vic)	LIB	108052	88	Lalor (Vic)	ALP	120587
15	Gilmore (NSW)	LIB	108694	89	Forde (Qld)	LIB	120588
16	Flinders (Vic)	LIB	109241	90	Bruce (Vic)	ALP	120817
17	Hindmarsh (SA)	LIB	109616	91	Parramatta (NSW)	LIB	121040
18	Cunningham (NSW)	ALP	109709	92	Riverina (NSW)	NP	121361
19	Brand (WA)	ALP	110023	93	Bennelong (NSW)	LIB	121520
20	Deakin (Vic)	LIB	110157	94	Berowra (NSW)	LIB	121692
21	Farrer (NSW)	NP	110524	95	Prospect (NSW)	ALP	121937
22	Robertson (NSW)	LIB	110861	96	Lowe (NSW)	LIB	121948
23	Gwydir (NSW)	NP	111146	97	McEwen (Vic)	LIB	122163
24	New England (NSW)	NP	111152	98	Wakefield (SA)	LIB	122557
25	Isaacs (Vic)	ALP	111217	99	Hotham (Vic)	ALP	122570
26	Fisher (Qld)	LIB	111491	100	Page (NSW)	NP	122911
27	Throsby (NSW)	ALP	111576	101	Gellibrand (Vic)	ALP	123064
28	Bradfield (NSW)	LIB	111760	102	Tangney (WA)	LIB	123352
29	Dunkley (Vic)	LIB	112913	103	Bonython (SA)	ALP	123779
30	Longman (Qld)	LIB	112961	104	Blaxland (NSW)	ALP	123873
31	Warringah (NSW)	LIB	113182	105	Curtin (WA)	IND	123954
32	Gippsland (Vic)	NP	113229	106	Hughes (NSW)	LIB	124053
33	Paterson (NSW)	LIB	113234	107	Oxley (Qld)	ALP	124181
34	La Trobe (Vic)	LIB	113251	108	Wills (Vic)	ALP	124639
35	Wannon (Vic)	LIB	113634	109	Batman (Vic)	ALP	125060
36	Dickson (Qld)	LIB	113710	110	Grey (SA)	LIB	125181
37	Casey (Vic)	LIB	113718	111	Watson (NSW)	ALP	125235
38	Blair (Qld)	LIB	113801	112	O'Connor (WA)	LIB	125425
39	Bendigo (Vic)	LIB	113949	113	Swan (WA)	LIB	125936
40	Mallee (Vic)	NP	113980	114	Perth (WA)	ALP	126054
41	Mackellar (NSW)	LIB	113999	115	Mayo (SA)	LIB	126148
42	Port Adelaide (SA)	ALP	114150	116	Makin (SA)	LIB	126230
43	Mitchell (NSW)	LIB	114245	117	Kingsford-Smith (NSW)	ALP	126397
44	Lyne (NSW)	NP	114291	118	Wentworth (NSW)	LIB	126471
45	Ballarat (Vic)	LIB	114580	119	Eden-Monaro (NSW)	LIB	126862
46	Calare (NSW)	IND	115166	120	Maranoa (Qld)	NP	127044
47	Pearce (WA)	LIB	115376	121	Holt (Vic)	ALP	128423
48	Bowman (Qld)	LIB	115515	122	Rankin (Qld)	LIB	129081
49	Forrest (WA)	LIB	115592	123	Richmond (NSW)	NP	129132
50	Fadden (Qld)	LIB	115913	124	Capricornia (Qld)	NP	129352
51	Cowan (WA)	LIB	116169	125	Calwell (Vic)	ALP	129369
52	Moore (WA)	IND	116322	126	North Sydney (NSW)	LIB	129479
53	Barker (SA)	LIB	116470	127	Lindsay (NSW)	LIB	129841
54	Hunter (NSW)	ALP	116584	128	Greenway (NSW)	ALP	129932
55	McMillan (Vic)	LIB	116636	129	Kingston (SA)	LIB	130006
56	Murray (Vic)	LIB	116750	130	Herbert (Qld)	LIB	130729
57	Petrie (Qld)	LIB	116835	131	Macarthur (NSW)	LIB	132965
58	Charlton (NSW)	ALP	117085	132	McPherson (Qld)	LIB	133053
59	Maribyrnong (Vic)	ALP	117207	133	Werriwa (NSW)	ALP	134484
60	Groom (Qld)	LIB	117220	134	Reid (NSW)	ALP	135530
61	Barton (NSW)	ALP	117227	135	Grayndler (NSW)	ALP	135534
62	Goldstein (Vic)	LIB	117296	136	Dawson (Qld)	NP	136060
63	Corio (Vic)	ALP	117468	137	Brisbane (Qld)	ALP	136961
64	Kooyong (Vic)	LIB	117495	138	Chifley (NSW)	ALP	138607
65	Fremantle (WA)	ALP	117504	139	Moncrieff (Qld)	LIB	144648
66	Hinkler (Qld)	NP	118132	140	Kennedy (Qld)	NP	144978
67	Chisholm (Vic)	LIB	118212	141	Fraser (ACT)	ALP	146504
68	Dobell (NSW)	ALP	118246	142	Melbourne (Vic)	ALP	146700
69	Fairfax (Qld)	LIB	118329	143	Fowler (NSW)	ALP	146775
70	Wide Bay (Qld)	NP	118659	144	Canberra (ACT)	ALP	153503
71	Adelaide (SA)	LIB	118712	145	Leichhardt (Qld)	LIB	157943
72	Griffith (Qld)	LIB	118746	146	Sydney (NSW)	ALP	160018
73	Burke (Vic)	ALP	118789	147	Kalgoorlie (WA)	IND	168250
74	Jagajaga (Vic)	ALP	118838	148	Northern Territory (NT)	LIB	197150