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Background Paper 14 1997-98


Electorate Rankings: Census 1996

Table 6a Persons Aged Under 5

Table 6b Ranked by Proportion of Persons Aged Under 5


Table 6a Persons Aged Under 5

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

6243

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

9647

Aston (Vic)

LIB

8981

Indi (Vic)

LIB

8676

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

8265

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

9702

Banks (NSW)

ALP

6883

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

7573

Barker (SA)

LIB

8485

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

13926

Barton (NSW)

ALP

7274

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

11638

Bass (Tas)

LIB

6814

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

6734

Batman (Vic)

ALP

8052

Kingston (SA)

LIB

10374

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

8130

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

6006

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

7391

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

10905

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

7778

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

9614

Blair (Qld)

LIB

9154

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

11366

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

9828

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

7189

Bonython (SA)

ALP

11440

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

11452

Boothby (SA)

LIB

5274

Longman (Qld)

LIB

9633

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

8244

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

6848

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

6601

Lyne (NSW)

NP

7388

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

5585

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

7589

Brand (WA)

ALP

9602

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

11749

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

6710

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

7277

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

6723

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

9701

Burke (Vic)

ALP

10355

Makin (SA)

LIB

8820

Calare (NSW)

IND

8545

Mallee (Vic)

NP

8697

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

11416

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

10489

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

12292

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

7532

Canning (WA)

LIB

9909

Mayo (SA)

LIB

8664

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

9878

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

10232

Casey (Vic)

LIB

8862

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

9735

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

8636

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

7182

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

14134

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

7589

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

6507

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

5261

Cook (NSW)

LIB

6268

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

5825

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

7205

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

6913

Corio (Vic)

ALP

8452

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

8411

Cowan (WA)

LIB

9299

Moore (WA)

IND

9498

Cowper (NSW)

NP

8334

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

6785

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

7198

Murray (Vic)

LIB

8947

Curtin (WA)

IND

6130

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

6014

Dawson (Qld)

NP

9932

New England (NSW)

NP

8110

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

7173

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

6458

Denison (Tas)

ALP

5446

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

16928

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

9303

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

10598

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

9309

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

11164

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

7734

Page (NSW)

NP

8866

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

8608

Parkes (NSW)

NP

9884

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

7364

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

7812

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

8505

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

8578

Farrer (NSW)

NP

8544

Pearce (WA)

LIB

8047

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

6665

Perth (WA)

ALP

7683

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

7856

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

7590

Forde (Qld)

LIB

10391

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

7148

Forrest (WA)

LIB

8547

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

9097

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

12827

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

11849

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

7083

Reid (NSW)

ALP

10873

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

9222

Richmond (NSW)

NP

8123

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

8098

Riverina (NSW)

NP

9931

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

8491

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

8117

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

8133

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

6371

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

8272

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

9294

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

7037

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

7557

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

8266

Stirling (WA)

LIB

7062

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

10940

Sturt (SA)

LIB

5349

Grey (SA)

LIB

9767

Swan (WA)

LIB

7376

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

7648

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

5464

Groom (Qld)

LIB

8709

Tangney (WA)

LIB

7508

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

9074

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

8845

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

10293

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

8467

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

6027

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

8489

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

5505

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

6641

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

9027

Watson (NSW)

ALP

8992

Holt (Vic)

ALP

10921

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

5981

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

7766

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

12504

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

10466

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

8376

Hume (NSW)

NP

8091

Wills (Vic)

ALP

8261

Table 6b Ranked by Proportion of Persons Aged Under 5

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

 

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

1

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

3.4

 

75

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

7.2

2

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

4.4

 

76

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

7.2

3

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

4.7

 

77

Page (NSW)

NP

7.2

4

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

4.9

 

78

Indi (Vic)

LIB

7.3

5

Boothby (SA)

LIB

4.9

 

79

Barker (SA)

LIB

7.3

6

Curtin (WA)

IND

4.9

 

80

New England (NSW)

NP

7.3

7

Sturt (SA)

LIB

5.0

 

81

Dawson (Qld)

NP

7.3

8

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

5.0

 

82

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

7.3

9

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

5.0

 

83

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

7.3

10

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

5.0

 

84

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

7.4

11

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

5.0

 

85

Bass (Tas)

LIB

7.4

12

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

5.1

 

86

Forrest (WA)

LIB

7.4

13

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

5.2

 

87

Calare (NSW)

IND

7.4

14

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

5.3

 

88

Groom (Qld)

LIB

7.4

15

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

5.3

 

89

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

7.5

16

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

5.3

 

90

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

7.5

17

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

5.4

 

91

Aston (Vic)

LIB

7.5

18

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

5.4

 

92

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

7.5

19

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

5.5

 

93

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

7.6

20

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

5.6

 

94

Hume (NSW)

NP

7.6

21

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

5.6

 

95

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

7.6

22

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

5.7

 

96

Mallee (Vic)

NP

7.6

23

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

5.7

 

97

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

7.6

24

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

5.8

 

98

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

7.6

25

Swan (WA)

LIB

5.9

 

99

Murray (Vic)

LIB

7.7

26

Denison (Tas)

ALP

5.9

 

100

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

7.7

27

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

5.9

 

101

Farrer (NSW)

NP

7.7

28

Cook (NSW)

LIB

5.9

 

102

Casey (Vic)

LIB

7.8

29

Stirling (WA)

LIB

5.9

 

103

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

7.8

30

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

6.0

 

104

Grey (SA)

LIB

7.8

31

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

6.0

 

105

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

7.9

32

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

6.0

 

106

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

7.9

33

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

6.1

 

107

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

7.9

34

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

6.1

 

108

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

7.9

35

Tangney (WA)

LIB

6.1

 

109

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

8.0

36

Perth (WA)

ALP

6.1

 

110

Kingston (SA)

LIB

8.0

37

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

6.1

 

111

Cowan (WA)

LIB

8.0

38

Barton (NSW)

ALP

6.2

 

112

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

8.0

39

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

6.3

 

113

Reid (NSW)

ALP

8.0

40

Richmond (NSW)

NP

6.3

 

114

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

8.0

41

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

6.3

 

115

Blair (Qld)

LIB

8.0

42

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

6.3

 

116

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

8.1

43

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

6.4

 

117

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

8.2

44

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

6.4

 

118

Moore (WA)

IND

8.2

45

Banks (NSW)

ALP

6.4

 

119

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

8.2

46

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

6.4

 

120

Riverina (NSW)

NP

8.2

47

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

6.4

 

121

Canning (WA)

LIB

8.2

48

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

6.4

 

122

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

8.3

49

Batman (Vic)

ALP

6.4

 

123

Parkes (NSW)

NP

8.3

50

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

6.4

 

124

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

8.3

51

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

6.5

 

125

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

8.3

52

Lyne (NSW)

NP

6.5

 

126

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

8.3

53

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

6.5

 

127

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

8.4

54

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

6.5

 

128

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

8.4

55

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

6.6

 

129

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

8.4

56

Wills (Vic)

ALP

6.6

 

130

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

8.4

57

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

6.8

 

131

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

8.5

58

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

6.8

 

132

Holt (Vic)

ALP

8.5

59

Mayo (SA)

LIB

6.9

 

133

Longman (Qld)

LIB

8.5

60

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

6.9

 

134

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

8.6

61

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

6.9

 

135

Forde (Qld)

LIB

8.6

62

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

6.9

 

136

Burke (Vic)

ALP

8.7

63

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

6.9

 

137

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

8.7

64

Pearce (WA)

LIB

7.0

 

138

Brand (WA)

ALP

8.7

65

Makin (SA)

LIB

7.0

 

139

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

8.7

66

Cowper (NSW)

NP

7.0

 

140

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

8.8

67

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

7.1

 

141

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

8.8

68

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

7.1

 

142

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

8.8

69

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

7.1

 

143

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

9.0

70

Watson (NSW)

ALP

7.2

 

144

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

9.0

71

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

7.2

 

145

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

9.2

72

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

7.2

 

146

Bonython (SA)

ALP

9.2

73

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

7.2

 

147

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

9.3

74

Corio (Vic)

ALP

7.2

 

148

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

10.2

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