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Background Paper 14 1997-98


Electorate Rankings: Census 1996

Table 15a Persons of No Religion

Table 15b Ranked by Proportion of Persons of No Religion


Table 15a Persons of No Religion

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

25442

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

11182

Aston (Vic)

LIB

24852

Indi (Vic)

LIB

20228

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

21169

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

24688

Banks (NSW)

ALP

10690

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

24301

Barker (SA)

LIB

25548

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

38775

Barton (NSW)

ALP

13595

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

21363

Bass (Tas)

LIB

14573

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

16857

Batman (Vic)

ALP

20558

Kingston (SA)

LIB

35298

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

22598

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

24170

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

18024

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

19590

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

18027

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

30338

Blair (Qld)

LIB

15250

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

27149

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

9839

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

16392

Bonython (SA)

ALP

35049

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

14561

Boothby (SA)

LIB

22438

Longman (Qld)

LIB

20807

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

17838

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

14967

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

14834

Lyne (NSW)

NP

13320

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

17061

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

15145

Brand (WA)

ALP

26549

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

14923

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

25771

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

19123

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

19109

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

19455

Burke (Vic)

ALP

22657

Makin (SA)

LIB

27941

Calare (NSW)

IND

10547

Mallee (Vic)

NP

17060

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

14465

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

11823

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

28581

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

12963

Canning (WA)

LIB

28398

Mayo (SA)

LIB

26821

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

16804

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

29419

Casey (Vic)

LIB

28399

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

24750

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

14902

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

20160

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

14224

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

36736

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

22050

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

27806

Cook (NSW)

LIB

12168

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

18007

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

18857

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

12508

Corio (Vic)

ALP

20814

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

22684

Cowan (WA)

LIB

21617

Moore (WA)

IND

24490

Cowper (NSW)

NP

17971

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

17894

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

14354

Murray (Vic)

LIB

17472

Curtin (WA)

IND

25160

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

14170

Dawson (Qld)

NP

17784

New England (NSW)

NP

10146

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

22165

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

26848

Denison (Tas)

ALP

16813

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

40197

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

17407

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

25097

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

14823

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

18074

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

26289

Page (NSW)

NP

16760

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

19783

Parkes (NSW)

NP

11170

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

17605

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

14856

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

22680

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

12537

Farrer (NSW)

NP

13258

Pearce (WA)

LIB

26597

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

18368

Perth (WA)

ALP

26358

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

26591

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

15181

Forde (Qld)

LIB

21064

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

22146

Forrest (WA)

LIB

27208

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

9702

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

17372

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

22056

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

15355

Reid (NSW)

ALP

14788

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

31158

Richmond (NSW)

NP

21768

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

24698

Riverina (NSW)

NP

9733

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

20214

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

14203

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

14661

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

20409

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

22483

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

14022

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

22121

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

12889

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

27569

Stirling (WA)

LIB

21675

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

13113

Sturt (SA)

LIB

20164

Grey (SA)

LIB

26717

Swan (WA)

LIB

26562

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

16445

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

38587

Groom (Qld)

LIB

10141

Tangney (WA)

LIB

23632

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

8488

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

12098

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

21629

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

24148

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

24080

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

16776

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

19094

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

19636

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

17142

Watson (NSW)

ALP

15304

Holt (Vic)

ALP

21837

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

23006

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

19456

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

13641

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

13964

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

16683

Hume (NSW)

NP

7771

Wills (Vic)

ALP

15743

Table 15b Ranked by Proportion of Persons of No Religion

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

 

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

1

Hume (NSW)

NP

7.3

 

75

Batman (Vic)

ALP

16.4

2

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

7.6

 

76

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

16.5

3

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

7.9

 

77

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

16.5

4

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

8.0

 

78

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

16.7

5

Riverina (NSW)

NP

8.0

 

79

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

16.7

6

Groom (Qld)

LIB

8.7

 

80

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

16.8

7

New England (NSW)

NP

9.1

 

81

Richmond (NSW)

NP

16.9

8

Calare (NSW)

IND

9.2

 

82

Indi (Vic)

LIB

16.9

9

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

9.3

 

83

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

17.0

10

Parkes (NSW)

NP

9.3

 

84

Holt (Vic)

ALP

17.0

11

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

9.6

 

85

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

17.1

12

Banks (NSW)

ALP

9.9

 

86

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

17.1

13

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

10.1

 

87

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

17.2

14

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

10.1

 

88

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

17.3

15

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

10.3

 

89

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

17.4

16

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

10.8

 

90

Forde (Qld)

LIB

17.5

17

Reid (NSW)

ALP

10.9

 

91

Corio (Vic)

ALP

17.7

18

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

10.9

 

92

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

18.0

19

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

11.1

 

93

Denison (Tas)

ALP

18.1

20

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

11.1

 

94

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

18.2

21

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

11.2

 

95

Stirling (WA)

LIB

18.2

22

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

11.2

 

96

Longman (Qld)

LIB

18.4

23

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

11.2

 

97

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

18.5

24

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

11.3

 

98

Cowan (WA)

LIB

18.6

25

Cook (NSW)

LIB

11.5

 

99

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

18.6

26

Barton (NSW)

ALP

11.6

 

100

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

18.7

27

Lyne (NSW)

NP

11.7

 

101

Sturt (SA)

LIB

18.8

28

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

11.8

 

102

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

18.8

29

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

11.8

 

103

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

18.9

30

Farrer (NSW)

NP

12.0

 

104

Burke (Vic)

ALP

19.1

31

Watson (NSW)

ALP

12.2

 

105

Tangney (WA)

LIB

19.2

32

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

12.3

 

106

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

19.2

33

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

12.3

 

107

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

19.4

34

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

12.3

 

108

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

19.7

35

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

12.5

 

109

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

19.8

36

Wills (Vic)

ALP

12.6

 

110

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

19.9

37

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

12.7

 

111

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

20.0

38

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

12.8

 

112

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

20.1

39

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

13.0

 

113

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

20.1

40

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

13.0

 

114

Curtin (WA)

IND

20.3

41

Dawson (Qld)

NP

13.1

 

115

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

20.3

42

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

13.1

 

116

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

20.4

43

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

13.3

 

117

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

20.4

44

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

13.4

 

118

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

20.6

45

Blair (Qld)

LIB

13.4

 

119

Aston (Vic)

LIB

20.7

46

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

13.5

 

120

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

20.7

47

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

13.6

 

121

Perth (WA)

ALP

20.9

48

Page (NSW)

NP

13.6

 

122

Boothby (SA)

LIB

20.9

49

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

13.8

 

123

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

21.0

50

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

14.1

 

124

Moore (WA)

IND

21.1

51

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

14.5

 

125

Swan (WA)

LIB

21.1

52

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

14.6

 

126

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

21.2

53

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

14.7

 

127

Mayo (SA)

LIB

21.3

54

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

14.8

 

128

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

21.3

55

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

14.8

 

129

Grey (SA)

LIB

21.3

56

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

14.8

 

130

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

21.4

57

Murray (Vic)

LIB

15.0

 

131

Barker (SA)

LIB

21.9

58

Mallee (Vic)

NP

15.0

 

132

Makin (SA)

LIB

22.1

59

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

15.0

 

133

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

22.2

60

Cowper (NSW)

NP

15.1

 

134

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

23.0

61

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

15.2

 

135

Pearce (WA)

LIB

23.1

62

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

15.2

 

136

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

23.2

63

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

15.3

 

137

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

23.3

64

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

15.3

 

138

Forrest (WA)

LIB

23.5

65

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

15.4

 

139

Canning (WA)

LIB

23.6

66

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

15.6

 

140

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

24.1

67

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

15.7

 

141

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

24.1

68

Bass (Tas)

LIB

15.8

 

142

Brand (WA)

ALP

24.1

69

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

15.8

 

143

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

24.3

70

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

15.9

 

144

Casey (Vic)

LIB

25.0

71

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

15.9

 

145

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

25.0

72

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

16.2

 

146

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

26.8

73

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

16.2

 

147

Kingston (SA)

LIB

27.2

74

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

16.4

 

148

Bonython (SA)

ALP

28.3

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