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Background Paper 14 1997-98


Electorate Rankings: Census 1996

Table 26a Couple Families with Dependent Children

Table 26b Ranked by Proportion of Couple Families with Dependent Children


Table 26a Couple Families with Dependent Children

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Electoral Division

Party

Number

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

8890

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

13631

Aston (Vic)

LIB

16456

Indi (Vic)

LIB

12583

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

12052

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

12642

Banks (NSW)

ALP

11082

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

13573

Barker (SA)

LIB

12412

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

15639

Barton (NSW)

ALP

11390

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

14488

Bass (Tas)

LIB

9415

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

10925

Batman (Vic)

ALP

10956

Kingston (SA)

LIB

15911

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

11758

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

12121

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

12694

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

15810

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

15289

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

14658

Blair (Qld)

LIB

13093

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

12747

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

13604

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

9502

Bonython (SA)

ALP

14077

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

16638

Boothby (SA)

LIB

10029

Longman (Qld)

LIB

13004

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

13324

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

12113

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

9591

Lyne (NSW)

NP

10410

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

14522

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

11082

Brand (WA)

ALP

12459

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

16932

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

8127

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

11887

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

14364

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

14011

Burke (Vic)

ALP

16349

Makin (SA)

LIB

15074

Calare (NSW)

IND

12317

Mallee (Vic)

NP

12481

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

17653

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

14642

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

20013

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

14003

Canning (WA)

LIB

13987

Mayo (SA)

LIB

16178

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

13748

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

15347

Casey (Vic)

LIB

14611

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

13619

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

12899

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

10281

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

17071

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

8281

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

11231

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

7723

Cook (NSW)

LIB

10438

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

13529

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

11675

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

15687

Corio (Vic)

ALP

12209

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

11205

Cowan (WA)

LIB

15576

Moore (WA)

IND

16295

Cowper (NSW)

NP

11795

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

11260

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

10692

Murray (Vic)

LIB

12999

Curtin (WA)

IND

10664

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

8224

Dawson (Qld)

NP

13948

New England (NSW)

NP

11729

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

11291

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

10191

Denison (Tas)

ALP

8382

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

19147

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

15115

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

14836

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

12737

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

13801

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

12038

Page (NSW)

NP

12609

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

11746

Parkes (NSW)

NP

12672

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

12976

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

12353

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

11577

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

12326

Farrer (NSW)

NP

11797

Pearce (WA)

LIB

14027

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

9687

Perth (WA)

ALP

10418

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

11339

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

11894

Forde (Qld)

LIB

14445

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

10180

Forrest (WA)

LIB

12675

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

15102

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

17445

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

15901

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

10672

Reid (NSW)

ALP

14736

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

15004

Richmond (NSW)

NP

11610

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

11687

Riverina (NSW)

NP

13384

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

11300

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

11029

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

11208

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

13477

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

12334

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

16393

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

12655

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

10694

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

11621

Stirling (WA)

LIB

11168

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

15729

Sturt (SA)

LIB

8881

Grey (SA)

LIB

13143

Swan (WA)

LIB

9500

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

11391

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

6132

Groom (Qld)

LIB

12474

Tangney (WA)

LIB

15691

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

11840

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

12555

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

13649

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

13385

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

10276

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

12531

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

8261

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

10632

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

12652

Watson (NSW)

ALP

13859

Holt (Vic)

ALP

16921

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

9471

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

13012

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

16633

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

17180

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

11586

Hume (NSW)

NP

11521

Wills (Vic)

ALP

11637

Table 26b Ranked by Proportion of Couple Families with Dependent Children

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

 

Rank

Electoral Division

Party

Per Cent

1

Sydney (NSW)

ALP

22.6

 

75

New England (NSW)

NP

40.7

2

Melbourne (Vic)

ALP

28.6

 

76

Farrer (NSW)

NP

40.7

3

Hindmarsh (SA)

LIB

28.8

 

77

Ballarat (Vic)

LIB

40.8

4

Brisbane (Qld)

ALP

30.2

 

78

Mallee (Vic)

NP

40.9

5

Melbourne Ports (Vic)

ALP

30.2

 

79

Parkes (NSW)

NP

41.0

6

Swan (WA)

LIB

30.6

 

80

Forrest (WA)

LIB

41.1

7

Newcastle (NSW)

ALP

30.9

 

81

Murray (Vic)

LIB

41.2

8

Lilley (Qld)

LIB

31.0

 

82

Coragamite (Vic)

LIB

41.3

9

Sturt (SA)

LIB

31.4

 

83

Bonython (SA)

ALP

41.3

10

McPherson (Qld)

LIB

31.7

 

84

Groom (Qld)

LIB

41.4

11

Adelaide (SA)

LIB

32.4

 

85

Longman (Qld)

LIB

41.4

12

Wentworth (NSW)

LIB

32.4

 

86

Makin (SA)

LIB

41.5

13

Port Adelaide (SA)

ALP

32.7

 

87

Wannon (Vic)

LIB

41.5

14

North Sydney (NSW)

LIB

32.7

 

88

Watson (NSW)

ALP

41.5

15

Lyne (NSW)

NP

33.1

 

89

Indi (Vic)

LIB

41.5

16

Batman (Vic)

ALP

33.3

 

90

Lyons (Tas)

ALP

41.6

17

Fisher (Qld)

LIB

33.5

 

91

Calare (NSW)

IND

41.6

18

Moncrieff (Qld)

LIB

33.8

 

92

Kennedy (Qld)

NP

41.7

19

Boothby (SA)

LIB

34.1

 

93

Dawson (Qld)

NP

41.8

20

Richmond (NSW)

NP

34.2

 

94

Isaacs (Vic)

ALP

41.9

21

Perth (WA)

ALP

34.3

 

95

Canning (WA)

LIB

41.9

22

Stirling (WA)

LIB

34.8

 

96

Fraser (ACT)

ALP

41.9

23

Kingsford-Smith (NSW)

ALP

35.0

 

97

Franklin (Tas)

ALP

42.0

24

Wills (Vic)

ALP

35.1

 

98

Bowman (Qld)

LIB

42.1

25

Chisholm (Vic)

LIB

35.2

 

99

Oxley (Qld)

ALP

42.1

26

Gellibrand (Vic)

ALP

35.2

 

100

Kooyong (Vic)

LIB

42.1

27

Cook (NSW)

LIB

35.5

 

101

Blaxland (NSW)

ALP

42.3

28

Shortland (NSW)

ALP

35.8

 

102

Herbert (Qld)

LIB

42.6

29

Grayndler (NSW)

ALP

35.9

 

103

Blair (Qld)

LIB

42.6

30

Warringah (NSW)

LIB

35.9

 

104

Jagajaga (Vic)

ALP

42.8

31

Robertson (NSW)

LIB

36.1

 

105

Kingston (SA)

LIB

42.9

32

Denison (Tas)

ALP

36.2

 

106

Reid (NSW)

ALP

43.0

33

Griffith (Qld)

LIB

36.3

 

107

Capricornia (Qld)

NP

43.2

34

Higgins (Vic)

LIB

36.3

 

108

Bruce (Vic)

ALP

43.3

35

Moreton (Qld)

LIB

36.4

 

109

Riverina (NSW)

NP

43.3

36

Barton (NSW)

ALP

36.5

 

110

Hunter (NSW)

ALP

43.5

37

Curtin (WA)

IND

36.5

 

111

Pearce (WA)

LIB

43.7

38

Cunningham (NSW)

ALP

36.9

 

112

McMillan (Vic)

LIB

43.7

39

Gilmore (NSW)

LIB

37.0

 

113

Maribyrnong (Vic)

ALP

43.7

40

Banks (NSW)

ALP

37.1

 

114

Forde (Qld)

LIB

44.4

41

Deakin (Vic)

LIB

37.1

 

115

Greenway (NSW)

ALP

44.5

42

Petrie (Qld)

LIB

37.1

 

116

Menzies (Vic)

LIB

44.5

43

Fremantle (WA)

ALP

37.2

 

117

Macquarie (NSW)

LIB

44.6

44

Cowper (NSW)

NP

37.2

 

118

Ryan (Qld)

LIB

44.8

45

Wide Bay (Qld)

NP

37.4

 

119

Mayo (SA)

LIB

45.0

46

Flinders (Vic)

LIB

38.0

 

120

Maranoa (Qld)

NP

45.0

47

Fairfax (Qld)

LIB

38.1

 

121

O'Connor (WA)

LIB

45.1

48

Barker (SA)

LIB

38.3

 

122

Fowler (NSW)

ALP

45.7

49

Mackellar (NSW)

LIB

38.5

 

123

Rankin (Qld)

LIB

46.1

50

Hotham (Vic)

ALP

38.6

 

124

Chifley (NSW)

ALP

46.3

51

Bass (Tas)

LIB

38.6

 

125

Berowra (NSW)

LIB

46.5

52

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

LIB

38.8

 

126

Tangney (WA)

LIB

46.5

53

Corio (Vic)

ALP

38.8

 

127

Prospect (NSW)

ALP

46.7

54

Lowe (NSW)

LIB

38.8

 

128

Werriwa (NSW)

ALP

46.9

55

Dunkley (Vic)

LIB

38.9

 

129

Casey (Vic)

LIB

47.1

56

Parramatta (NSW)

LIB

38.9

 

130

Northern Territory (NT)

LIB

47.3

57

Wakefield (SA)

LIB

38.9

 

131

La Trobe (Vic)

LIB

47.3

58

Bendigo (Vic)

LIB

39.1

 

132

Bradfield (NSW)

LIB

47.6

59

Dobell (NSW)

ALP

39.1

 

133

Macarthur (NSW)

LIB

47.8

60

Page (NSW)

NP

39.1

 

134

Lindsay (NSW)

LIB

48.0

61

Leichhardt (Qld)

LIB

39.4

 

135

Kalgoorlie (WA)

IND

48.1

62

Paterson (NSW)

LIB

39.5

 

136

Dickson (Qld)

LIB

48.3

63

Charlton (NSW)

ALP

39.7

 

137

Lalor (Vic)

ALP

48.4

64

Braddon (Tas)

LIB

39.8

 

138

Cowan (WA)

LIB

48.5

65

Bennelong (NSW)

LIB

39.9

 

139

McEwen (Vic)

LIB

48.6

66

Goldstein (Vic)

LIB

40.0

 

140

Canberra (ACT)

ALP

48.8

67

Brand (WA)

ALP

40.0

 

141

Holt (Vic)

ALP

48.9

68

Fadden (Qld)

LIB

40.1

 

142

Moore (WA)

IND

50.0

69

Throsby (NSW)

ALP

40.3

 

143

Scullin (Vic)

ALP

50.1

70

Hume (NSW)

NP

40.3

 

144

Aston (Vic)

LIB

50.1

71

Gippsland (Vic)

NP

40.4

 

145

Calwell (Vic)

ALP

50.8

72

Gwydir (NSW)

NP

40.4

 

146

Burke (Vic)

ALP

50.8

73

Hinkler (Qld)

NP

40.5

 

147

Hughes (NSW)

LIB

50.9

74

Grey (SA)

LIB

40.7

 

148

Mitchell (NSW)

LIB

51.2

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