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Background Paper 14 1997-98


Electorate Rankings: Census 1996

Table 13a Persons of Christian Religion

Table 13b Ranked by Proportion of Persons of Christian Religion


Table 13a Persons of Christian Religion

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

76404

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

96279

Aston (Vic)

LIB

79577

Indi (Vic)

LIB

87248

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

81496

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

73623

Banks (NSW)

ALP

83385

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

79970

Barker (SA)

LIB

77883

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

99605

Barton (NSW)

ALP

84889

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

106819

Bass (Tas)

LIB

68307

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

87816

Batman (Vic)

ALP

85806

Kingston (SA)

LIB

78665

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

78833

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

76170

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

85996

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

86107

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

87992

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

68753

Blair (Qld)

LIB

86024

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

101072

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

81853

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

91312

Bonython (SA)

ALP

72111

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

101870

Boothby (SA)

LIB

71762

Longman (Qld)

LIB

79135

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

86198

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

90058

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

61658

Lyne (NSW)

NP

91169

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

77773

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

70147

Brand (WA)

ALP

71584

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

104667

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

88566

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

82029

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

82661

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

86342

Burke (Vic)

ALP

83262

Makin (SA)

LIB

83627

Calare (NSW)

IND

95580

Mallee (Vic)

NP

86513

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

89972

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

104821

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

104887

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

88379

Canning (WA)

LIB

76586

Mayo (SA)

LIB

84419

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

99580

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

77176

Casey (Vic)

LIB

71356

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

79364

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

90912

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

95491

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

106928

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

75168

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

79397

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

56292

Cook (NSW)

LIB

83523

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

75598

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

74068

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

89107

Corio (Vic)

ALP

83637

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

97114

Cowan (WA)

LIB

78523

Moore (WA)

IND

78175

Cowper (NSW)

NP

88370

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

86512

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

82629

Murray (Vic)

LIB

87563

Curtin (WA)

IND

81720

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

81674

Dawson (Qld)

NP

103731

New England (NSW)

NP

91516

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

73485

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

81476

Denison (Tas)

ALP

65101

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

119752

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

85412

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

86347

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

92947

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

89316

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

73828

Page (NSW)

NP

94233

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

93158

Parkes (NSW)

NP

98923

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

84952

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

88209

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

79763

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

90987

Farrer (NSW)

NP

87486

Pearce (WA)

LIB

74997

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

79949

Perth (WA)

ALP

79026

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

70068

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

90153

Forde (Qld)

LIB

85591

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

77045

Forrest (WA)

LIB

74262

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

91162

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

88470

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

90108

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

66921

Reid (NSW)

ALP

85980

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

95043

Richmond (NSW)

NP

91883

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

79506

Riverina (NSW)

NP

102745

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

79709

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

86025

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

83830

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

84256

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

78978

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

90812

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

75426

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

83146

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

83217

Stirling (WA)

LIB

80800

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

101550

Sturt (SA)

LIB

73812

Grey (SA)

LIB

83412

Swan (WA)

LIB

80012

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

89045

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

77747

Groom (Qld)

LIB

96081

Tangney (WA)

LIB

81837

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

93651

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

89810

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

93848

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

85051

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

73961

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

85773

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

78377

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

79288

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

88637

Watson (NSW)

ALP

86402

Holt (Vic)

ALP

82433

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

66201

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

80506

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

103152

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

98118

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

87916

Hume (NSW)

NP

91199

Wills (Vic)

ALP

90901

Table 13b Ranked by Proportion of Persons of Christian Religion

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

 

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

1

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

47.1

 

75

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

70.8

2

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

48.6

 

76

Forde (Qld)

LIB

71.0

3

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

51.2

 

77

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

71.1

4

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

52.3

 

78

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

71.1

5

Bonython (SA)

ALP

58.3

 

79

Richmond (NSW)

NP

71.2

6

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

59.2

 

80

Corio (Vic)

ALP

71.2

7

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

60.3

 

81

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

71.4

8

Kingston (SA)

LIB

60.5

 

82

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

71.5

9

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

60.7

 

83

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

71.7

10

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

60.7

 

84

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

71.8

11

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

61.4

 

85

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

71.8

12

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

61.9

 

86

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

71.8

13

Perth (WA)

ALP

62.7

 

87

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

71.9

14

Casey (Vic)

LIB

62.7

 

88

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

72.0

15

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

62.9

 

89

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

72.3

16

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

63.2

 

90

Barton (NSW)

ALP

72.4

17

Reid (NSW)

ALP

63.4

 

91

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

72.5

18

Swan (WA)

LIB

63.5

 

92

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

72.9

19

Canning (WA)

LIB

63.7

 

93

Indi (Vic)

LIB

72.9

20

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

64.0

 

94

Wills (Vic)

ALP

72.9

21

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

64.1

 

95

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

72.9

22

Holt (Vic)

ALP

64.2

 

96

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

73.3

23

Forrest (WA)

LIB

64.2

 

97

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

73.4

24

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

64.3

 

98

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

73.5

25

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

64.4

 

99

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

73.7

26

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

64.7

 

100

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

73.8

27

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

64.8

 

101

Bass (Tas)

LIB

74.0

28

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

64.8

 

102

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

74.1

29

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

64.9

 

103

Cowper (NSW)

NP

74.2

30

Pearce (WA)

LIB

65.0

 

104

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

74.6

31

Brand (WA)

ALP

65.1

 

105

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

74.8

32

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

65.4

 

106

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

75.0

33

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

65.7

 

107

Murray (Vic)

LIB

75.0

34

Curtin (WA)

IND

65.9

 

108

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

75.0

35

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

66.1

 

109

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

75.1

36

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

66.2

 

110

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

75.3

37

Aston (Vic)

LIB

66.2

 

111

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

75.4

38

Makin (SA)

LIB

66.2

 

112

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

75.5

39

Tangney (WA)

LIB

66.3

 

113

Blair (Qld)

LIB

75.6

40

Grey (SA)

LIB

66.6

 

114

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

75.9

41

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

66.7

 

115

Mallee (Vic)

NP

75.9

42

Barker (SA)

LIB

66.9

 

116

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

76.2

43

Mayo (SA)

LIB

66.9

 

117

Dawson (Qld)

NP

76.2

44

Boothby (SA)

LIB

66.9

 

118

Page (NSW)

NP

76.7

45

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

67.1

 

119

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

76.7

46

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

67.2

 

120

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

77.0

47

Moore (WA)

IND

67.2

 

121

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

77.1

48

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

67.3

 

122

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

77.1

49

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

67.4

 

123

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

77.2

50

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

67.5

 

124

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

77.2

51

Cowan (WA)

LIB

67.6

 

125

Banks (NSW)

ALP

77.3

52

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

67.7

 

126

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

77.6

53

Stirling (WA)

LIB

68.0

 

127

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

77.6

54

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

68.0

 

128

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

78.0

55

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

68.3

 

129

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

78.2

56

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

68.4

 

130

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

78.5

57

Batman (Vic)

ALP

68.6

 

131

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

78.6

58

Sturt (SA)

LIB

68.8

 

132

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

78.7

59

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

68.8

 

133

Cook (NSW)

LIB

79.0

60

Watson (NSW)

ALP

69.0

 

134

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

79.1

61

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

69.2

 

135

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

79.1

62

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

69.4

 

136

Farrer (NSW)

NP

79.2

63

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

69.5

 

137

Lyne (NSW)

NP

79.8

64

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

69.5

 

138

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

80.4

65

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

69.6

 

139

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

80.5

66

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

69.8

 

140

Groom (Qld)

LIB

82.0

67

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

69.8

 

141

New England (NSW)

NP

82.3

68

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

70.0

 

142

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

82.5

69

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

70.1

 

143

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

82.6

70

Longman (Qld)

LIB

70.1

 

144

Parkes (NSW)

NP

82.7

71

Burke (Vic)

ALP

70.1

 

145

Calare (NSW)

IND

83.0

72

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

70.1

 

146

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

84.3

73

Denison (Tas)

ALP

70.1

 

147

Riverina (NSW)

NP

84.7

74

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

70.8

 

148

Hume (NSW)

NP

85.6

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