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Background Paper 14 1997-98


Electorate Rankings: Census 1996

Table 10a Persons Aged 65 and Over

Table 10b Ranked by Proportion of Persons Aged 65 and Over


Table 10a Persons Aged 65 and Over

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

20562

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

12254

Aston (Vic)

LIB

9038

Indi (Vic)

LIB

14990

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

14683

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

13082

Banks (NSW)

ALP

17144

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

14729

Barker (SA)

LIB

16678

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

11625

Barton (NSW)

ALP

18869

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

15984

Bass (Tas)

LIB

11928

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

16918

Batman (Vic)

ALP

19250

Kingston (SA)

LIB

11505

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

16534

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

18545

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

18163

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

7757

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

13933

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

9039

Blair (Qld)

LIB

11441

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

12756

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

16219

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

20042

Bonython (SA)

ALP

10354

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

8002

Boothby (SA)

LIB

20102

Longman (Qld)

LIB

12717

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

13204

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

18686

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

10751

Lyne (NSW)

NP

24240

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

16452

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

10572

Brand (WA)

ALP

13134

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

10790

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

19049

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

16540

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

12083

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

12125

Burke (Vic)

ALP

8001

Makin (SA)

LIB

10316

Calare (NSW)

IND

13366

Mallee (Vic)

NP

17098

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

7740

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

13654

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

9825

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

11664

Canning (WA)

LIB

10064

Mayo (SA)

LIB

11252

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

13791

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

9801

Casey (Vic)

LIB

9482

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

12709

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

15614

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

25312

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

7721

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

15187

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

18481

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

17307

Cook (NSW)

LIB

15988

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

10602

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

14857

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

9433

Corio (Vic)

ALP

15924

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

21429

Cowan (WA)

LIB

7423

Moore (WA)

IND

7018

Cowper (NSW)

NP

18696

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

16381

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

15521

Murray (Vic)

LIB

15598

Curtin (WA)

IND

18989

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

18898

Dawson (Qld)

NP

14749

New England (NSW)

NP

13942

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

15837

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

17353

Denison (Tas)

ALP

13504

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

9331

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

6628

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

11759

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

18904

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

10641

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

14729

Page (NSW)

NP

17885

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

17043

Parkes (NSW)

NP

14577

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

13319

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

14647

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

16512

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

15438

Farrer (NSW)

NP

14785

Pearce (WA)

LIB

10139

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

21441

Perth (WA)

ALP

17615

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

18022

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

17156

Forde (Qld)

LIB

9376

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

20437

Forrest (WA)

LIB

13305

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

10033

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

11655

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

6733

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

9798

Reid (NSW)

ALP

16644

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

11167

Richmond (NSW)

NP

24708

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

14313

Riverina (NSW)

NP

13459

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

18481

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

20544

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

18305

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

11997

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

16332

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

7245

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

20627

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

16716

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

14956

Stirling (WA)

LIB

14835

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

10389

Sturt (SA)

LIB

20427

Grey (SA)

LIB

14774

Swan (WA)

LIB

18159

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

15559

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

15841

Groom (Qld)

LIB

14274

Tangney (WA)

LIB

11288

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

14140

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

11636

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

11703

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

17544

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

17239

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

15993

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

23190

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

16973

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

14059

Watson (NSW)

ALP

17388

Holt (Vic)

ALP

9441

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

17955

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

17586

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

7833

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

8799

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

18352

Hume (NSW)

NP

14628

Wills (Vic)

ALP

19670

Table 10b Ranked by Proportion of Persons Aged 65 and Over

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

 

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

1

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

4.7

 

75

Stirling (WA)

LIB

12.5

2

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

5.2

 

76

Indi (Vic)

LIB

12.5

3

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

5.6

 

77

New England (NSW)

NP

12.5

4

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

5.8

 

78

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

12.7

5

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

5.8

 

79

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

12.8

6

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

6.0

 

80

Bass (Tas)

LIB

12.9

7

Moore (WA)

IND

6.0

 

81

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

13.0

8

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

6.1

 

82

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

13.1

9

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

6.2

 

83

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

13.1

10

Cowan (WA)

LIB

6.4

 

84

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

13.3

11

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

6.4

 

85

Murray (Vic)

LIB

13.4

12

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

6.4

 

86

Farrer (NSW)

NP

13.4

13

Burke (Vic)

ALP

6.7

 

87

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

13.4

14

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

6.9

 

88

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

13.4

15

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

7.1

 

89

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

13.4

16

Holt (Vic)

ALP

7.4

 

90

Corio (Vic)

ALP

13.6

17

Aston (Vic)

LIB

7.5

 

91

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

13.6

18

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

7.6

 

92

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

13.7

19

Forde (Qld)

LIB

7.8

 

93

Hume (NSW)

NP

13.7

20

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

7.9

 

94

Watson (NSW)

ALP

13.9

21

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

8.0

 

95

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

13.9

22

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

8.0

 

96

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

14.0

23

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

8.0

 

97

Perth (WA)

ALP

14.0

24

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

8.1

 

98

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

14.1

25

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

8.1

 

99

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

14.1

26

Makin (SA)

LIB

8.2

 

100

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

14.2

27

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

8.2

 

101

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

14.2

28

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

8.3

 

102

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

14.3

29

Casey (Vic)

LIB

8.3

 

103

Barker (SA)

LIB

14.3

30

Bonython (SA)

ALP

8.4

 

104

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

14.3

31

Canning (WA)

LIB

8.4

 

105

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

14.4

32

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

8.6

 

106

Swan (WA)

LIB

14.4

33

Pearce (WA)

LIB

8.8

 

107

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

14.4

34

Kingston (SA)

LIB

8.8

 

108

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

14.4

35

Mayo (SA)

LIB

8.9

 

109

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

14.5

36

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

9.0

 

110

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

14.5

37

Tangney (WA)

LIB

9.2

 

111

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

14.5

38

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

9.4

 

112

Denison (Tas)

ALP

14.5

39

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

9.8

 

113

Page (NSW)

NP

14.6

40

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

9.9

 

114

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

14.7

41

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

10.0

 

115

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

14.7

42

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

10.0

 

116

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

14.8

43

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

10.0

 

117

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

14.9

44

Blair (Qld)

LIB

10.1

 

118

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

15.0

45

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

10.1

 

119

Mallee (Vic)

NP

15.0

46

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

10.4

 

120

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

15.0

47

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

10.4

 

121

Cook (NSW)

LIB

15.1

48

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

10.5

 

122

Curtin (WA)

IND

15.3

49

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

10.7

 

123

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

15.3

50

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

10.7

 

124

Batman (Vic)

ALP

15.4

51

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

10.7

 

125

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

15.5

52

Dawson (Qld)

NP

10.8

 

126

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

15.6

53

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

10.9

 

127

Cowper (NSW)

NP

15.7

54

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

11.0

 

128

Wills (Vic)

ALP

15.8

55

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

11.0

 

129

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

15.8

56

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

11.1

 

130

Banks (NSW)

ALP

15.9

57

Riverina (NSW)

NP

11.1

 

131

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

15.9

58

Longman (Qld)

LIB

11.3

 

132

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

16.0

59

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

11.4

 

133

Barton (NSW)

ALP

16.1

60

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

11.4

 

134

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

16.5

61

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

11.5

 

135

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

16.6

62

Forrest (WA)

LIB

11.5

 

136

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

16.8

63

Calare (NSW)

IND

11.6

 

137

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

17.3

64

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

11.8

 

138

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

17.6

65

Grey (SA)

LIB

11.8

 

139

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

17.9

66

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

11.9

 

140

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

17.9

67

Brand (WA)

ALP

11.9

 

141

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

18.5

68

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

12.1

 

142

Boothby (SA)

LIB

18.8

69

Groom (Qld)

LIB

12.2

 

143

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

19.0

70

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

12.2

 

144

Sturt (SA)

LIB

19.0

71

Parkes (NSW)

NP

12.2

 

145

Richmond (NSW)

NP

19.1

72

Reid (NSW)

ALP

12.3

 

146

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

19.2

73

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

12.4

 

147

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

21.2

74

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

12.4

 

148

Lyne (NSW)

NP

21.2

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