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Background Paper 14 1997-98


Electorate Rankings: Census 1996

Table 3a Australian Citizens Aged 18 and Over

Table 3b Ranked by Proportion of Australian Citizens Aged 18 and Over


Table 3a Australian Citizens Aged 18 and Over

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

84922

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

77527

Aston (Vic)

LIB

74313

Indi (Vic)

LIB

80700

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

77565

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

70984

Banks (NSW)

ALP

74000

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

80302

Barker (SA)

LIB

79362

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

103915

Barton (NSW)

ALP

78056

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

94985

Bass (Tas)

LIB

62900

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

80043

Batman (Vic)

ALP

85332

Kingston (SA)

LIB

79510

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

77157

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

79978

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

78735

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

72887

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

78031

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

69235

Blair (Qld)

LIB

72934

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

94366

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

77942

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

86197

Bonython (SA)

ALP

71890

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

78110

Boothby (SA)

LIB

76482

Longman (Qld)

LIB

70791

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

74587

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

79896

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

57858

Lyne (NSW)

NP

80405

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

72118

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

63817

Brand (WA)

ALP

64076

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

80253

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

95796

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

76302

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

78379

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

75254

Burke (Vic)

ALP

71750

Makin (SA)

LIB

80901

Calare (NSW)

IND

77110

Mallee (Vic)

NP

78140

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

78521

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

85266

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

98001

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

76946

Canning (WA)

LIB

70185

Mayo (SA)

LIB

82064

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

85626

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

74997

Casey (Vic)

LIB

70145

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

73745

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

79734

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

89159

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

78357

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

97705

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

80168

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

82851

Cook (NSW)

LIB

75369

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

72980

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

69908

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

72388

Corio (Vic)

ALP

78026

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

89396

Cowan (WA)

LIB

68494

Moore (WA)

IND

65408

Cowper (NSW)

NP

79520

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

82267

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

73390

Murray (Vic)

LIB

78609

Curtin (WA)

IND

82841

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

78783

Dawson (Qld)

NP

90031

New England (NSW)

NP

74984

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

75822

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

86075

Denison (Tas)

ALP

64837

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

118148

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

72066

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

79370

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

77555

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

75492

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

71149

Page (NSW)

NP

83689

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

85464

Parkes (NSW)

NP

80231

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

73457

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

78974

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

76792

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

76737

Farrer (NSW)

NP

75011

Pearce (WA)

LIB

70333

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

75333

Perth (WA)

ALP

81974

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

70468

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

79450

Forde (Qld)

LIB

71402

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

79432

Forrest (WA)

LIB

73273

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

74767

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

86295

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

74363

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

59555

Reid (NSW)

ALP

80531

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

98795

Richmond (NSW)

NP

87792

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

75910

Riverina (NSW)

NP

81122

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

81364

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

74876

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

71799

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

78943

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

74497

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

75633

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

80024

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

72679

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

85686

Stirling (WA)

LIB

79306

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

79537

Sturt (SA)

LIB

76761

Grey (SA)

LIB

82770

Swan (WA)

LIB

81700

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

82149

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

97378

Groom (Qld)

LIB

76904

Tangney (WA)

LIB

73658

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

75223

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

69430

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

85970

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

82440

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

82776

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

77344

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

81207

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

75897

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

78075

Watson (NSW)

ALP

77103

Holt (Vic)

ALP

74725

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

82289

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

82094

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

77115

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

78828

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

80241

Hume (NSW)

NP

72637

Wills (Vic)

ALP

85115

Table 3b Ranked by Proportion of Australian Citizens Aged 18 and Over

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

 

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

1

Moore (WA)

IND

56.2

 

75

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

66.1

2

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

56.5

 

76

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

66.1

3

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

57.3

 

77

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

66.1

4

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

57.6

 

78

Grey (SA)

LIB

66.1

5

Bonython (SA)

ALP

58.1

 

79

Dawson (Qld)

NP

66.2

6

Holt (Vic)

ALP

58.2

 

80

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

66.2

7

Brand (WA)

ALP

58.2

 

81

Corio (Vic)

ALP

66.4

8

Canning (WA)

LIB

58.4

 

82

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

66.5

9

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

58.8

 

83

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

66.5

10

Cowan (WA)

LIB

59.0

 

84

Barton (NSW)

ALP

66.6

11

Forde (Qld)

LIB

59.2

 

85

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

66.6

12

Reid (NSW)

ALP

59.4

 

86

Stirling (WA)

LIB

66.7

13

Tangney (WA)

LIB

59.7

 

87

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

66.7

14

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

59.7

 

88

Cowper (NSW)

NP

66.8

15

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

59.9

 

89

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

66.8

16

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

60.2

 

90

Curtin (WA)

IND

66.8

17

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

60.4

 

91

Riverina (NSW)

NP

66.8

18

Burke (Vic)

ALP

60.4

 

92

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

66.9

19

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

60.4

 

93

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

66.9

20

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

60.7

 

94

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

66.9

21

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

60.8

 

95

Calare (NSW)

IND

67.0

22

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

60.9

 

96

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

67.0

23

Pearce (WA)

LIB

61.0

 

97

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

67.0

24

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

61.1

 

98

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

67.1

25

Kingston (SA)

LIB

61.2

 

99

Parkes (NSW)

NP

67.1

26

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

61.2

 

100

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

67.1

27

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

61.3

 

101

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

67.3

28

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

61.4

 

102

Murray (Vic)

LIB

67.3

29

Watson (NSW)

ALP

61.6

 

103

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

67.4

30

Casey (Vic)

LIB

61.7

 

104

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

67.4

31

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

61.8

 

105

Indi (Vic)

LIB

67.5

32

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

61.8

 

106

New England (NSW)

NP

67.5

33

Aston (Vic)

LIB

61.9

 

107

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

67.5

34

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

62.2

 

108

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

67.5

35

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

62.6

 

109

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

67.6

36

Longman (Qld)

LIB

62.7

 

110

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

67.6

37

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

62.9

 

111

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

67.6

38

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

63.0

 

112

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

67.7

39

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

63.2

 

113

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

67.7

40

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

63.2

 

114

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

67.7

41

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

63.3

 

115

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

67.8

42

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

63.3

 

116

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

67.8

43

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

63.4

 

117

Farrer (NSW)

NP

67.9

44

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

63.4

 

118

Richmond (NSW)

NP

68.0

45

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

63.4

 

119

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

68.0

46

Forrest (WA)

LIB

63.4

 

120

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

68.1

47

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

63.5

 

121

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

68.1

48

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

63.5

 

122

Page (NSW)

NP

68.1

49

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

63.8

 

123

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

68.1

50

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

63.8

 

124

Barker (SA)

LIB

68.1

51

Blair (Qld)

LIB

64.1

 

125

Bass (Tas)

LIB

68.2

52

Makin (SA)

LIB

64.1

 

126

Hume (NSW)

NP

68.2

53

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

64.1

 

127

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

68.2

54

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

64.5

 

128

Batman (Vic)

ALP

68.2

55

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

64.5

 

129

Wills (Vic)

ALP

68.3

56

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

64.6

 

130

Mallee (Vic)

NP

68.6

57

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

64.6

 

131

Banks (NSW)

ALP

68.6

58

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

64.8

 

132

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

68.8

59

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

64.9

 

133

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

68.9

60

Swan (WA)

LIB

64.9

 

134

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

69.1

61

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

64.9

 

135

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

69.2

62

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

64.9

 

136

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

69.3

63

Perth (WA)

ALP

65.0

 

137

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

69.3

64

Mayo (SA)

LIB

65.1

 

138

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

69.6

65

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

65.1

 

139

Denison (Tas)

ALP

69.8

66

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

65.2

 

140

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

69.9

67

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

65.5

 

141

Lyne (NSW)

NP

70.4

68

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

65.5

 

142

Cook (NSW)

LIB

71.3

69

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

65.6

 

143

Boothby (SA)

LIB

71.3

70

Groom (Qld)

LIB

65.6

 

144

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

71.5

71

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

65.6

 

145

Sturt (SA)

LIB

71.6

72

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

65.7

 

146

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

71.6

73

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

65.8

 

147

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

74.1

74

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

65.8

 

148

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

74.5

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