Introduction

Description of the Indexes

Data Limitations

Highlights

Endnotes

Appendix

List of Tables

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage

Ranked by the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage

Ranked by the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage

Index of Economic Resources

Ranked by the Index of Economic Resources

Index of Education and Occupation

Ranked by the Index of Education and Occupation

List of Maps -Maps not available in HTML version due to size

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage

Index of Economic Resources

Index of Education and Occupation

 

Introduction

This paper provides data on four summary indexes, derived from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing, that measure different aspects of socioeconomic conditions for Commonwealth Electoral Divisions.

The five-yearly censuses of population conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) collect data on a broad range of social and economic aspects of the Australian population. Each household is required to answer nearly fifty questions, covering such diverse topics as birthplace, occupation, educational qualifications, methods of travel to work and ownership of dwellings. While it is possible to compare Electoral Divisions on the basis of each census variable it is often more useful to compare divisions on the basis of a summary of related variables. The indexes shown in this paper have been derived by the ABS for this purpose. A paper comparing Electoral Divisions on the basis of a number of individual census variables has been published previously by the Parliamentary Library.⁽¹⁾

This paper shows each Electoral Division ranked on the basis of each index, together with a description of each index and some notable features of the rankings. It has been produced from data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics for Census Collection Districts (CCD) and aggregated to Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (CED) by taking the weighted average (based on Census population figures) of the CED. All indexes have been constructed so that relatively disadvantaged areas have low index values. A more detailed explanation of the indexes is available from an Information Paper published by the ABS.⁽²⁾

Data for each index is presented in two tables. The first table shows each Electoral Division in alphabetical order and the second shows each Electoral Division ranked by the index (divisions are ranked from lowest to highest). The political party holding the Electoral Division after the 2001 election and 2002 Cunningham by-election is shown on each table. The paper also includes choropleth maps of electoral divisions for each index.

Description of the Indexes

There are four indexes shown in this paper. Each index summarises a different aspect of the socioeconomic conditions in the Electoral Divisions. The indexes have been obtained by summarising the information from a variety of social and economic variables. While there are similarities in the rankings of the Electoral Divisions, each index uses a different set of underlying variables.

The four indexes are:

       Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage

       Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage

       Index of Economic Resources

       Index of Education and Occupation.

All the indexes (including the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage) have been constructed so that relatively advantaged areas have high index values. For the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage this means that relatively disadvantaged areas have low index numbers. To enable easy recognition of high and low scores, the index scores have been standardised to have a mean of 1000 across all Collection Districts in Australia. See the Appendix to this paper for a detailed list of the variables included in each index.

The Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage includes variables that measure relative social and economic well-being. Indicators included are: income, occupation, employment status, educational qualification, internet usage and size of dwelling. A higher score on this index means that an area has a relatively high proportion of people with high incomes, professional occupations and tertiary qualifications. It also means that an area has a low proportion of people with low incomes, unskilled occupations and no education qualifications. Conversely, a lower score on this index means that an area has a relatively high proportion of people with these characteristics and a low proportion of people with high incomes, professional occupations and tertiary education qualifications.

As the name implies, the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage is derived from attributes that indicate relative social and economic hardship. Variables included are low income, low educational attainment, unskilled occupations, high unemployment, one-parent families, renting households and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. To maintain consistency with the other indexes, the Index of Socioeconomic Disadvantage has been inverted so that advantaged Electoral Divisions have a high index score and disadvantaged divisions have a low score. Thus a high score on this index means that an area has relatively fewer people with the above attributes, while a low score indicates relatively more people with these attributes. It is important to understand that a high score here reflects a lack of disadvantage rather than high advantage.

The Index of Economic Resources reflects the profile of the economic resources of families in Electoral Divisions. The indicators summarised in this index reflect the income and expenditure of families. Variables included are: mortgage repayments, rental payments, income and sized dwelling. A high score on this index means that an area has a higher proportion of people with high incomes, large mortgage payments, large rental payments and large dwelling size, while a low score indicates a lower proportion of people with these characteristics.

The Index of Education and Occupation is designed to reflect the educational and occupational structure of the population. Education variables included in the index are the level of educational qualification attained or whether further study is being undertaken. Occupational variables include the major occupation groups and the unemployed. An area with a high score on this index would have a high concentration of people with higher educational qualifications or undertaking further study and persons employed in higher skilled occupations. A low score indicates a concentration of people with low education attainment, low occupation skills or unemployed persons.

Data Limitations

The indexes contained in this paper are subject to a number of limitations which should be borne in mind when the indexes are used to compare Electoral Divisions.

Firstly, the indexes include only some of the social and economic variables for which data was collected in the 2001 Census of Population and Housing. There are a number of social and economic indicators, such as wealth, savings, health, access to infrastructure, that affect the well-being of the population but are not collected in the census and are therefore not included in the indexes. In addition, the indexes include only a limited number of the available census variables. Some notable exclusions from the indexes are age, country of birth, religion and hours of work.

Secondly, the indexes which have been produced depend upon the variables that have been included and the relative weights attached to those variables. The inclusion of a different range of variables or a different weighting pattern would result in a different index score. The indexes included in this paper are only four of the many indexes that could have been produced using census data.

In addition to the above conceptual limitations in the indexes, there are a number of technical limitations. Non-response to individual census items may affect the accuracy of the indexes if there is a socioeconomic bias to non-response. Persons in non-private dwellings (e.g. boarding houses, etc.) are under-represented in the indexes as the variables pertaining to families and dwellings include only occupied private dwellings. The census results are based on place of enumeration rather than place of usual residence, thus holiday resort areas (e.g. Gold Coast) may be affected.

Other aspects of the indexes that should be borne in mind when comparing the indexes for different Electoral Divisions are that:

       The indexes are 'ordinal measures' and not 'interval measures', i.e. the indexes can be used to order Electoral Divisions into a ranked order but cannot be used to show that one Division is twice as well-off if its index score is twice that of another Division.

       The indexes reflect the socioeconomic well-being of an Electoral Division rather than of individuals. Because all people in an Electoral Division are not identical, the index scores do not apply to individuals but rather the way people are summed together for the area.

       The degree of heterogeneity within a Collection District influences the index score of that Collection District and hence the Electoral Division; the more homogeneous Collection Districts tend towards the extreme index scores.

       Partly because of the above, the interpretation of the index is more straightforward for Electoral Divisions that have extreme values. For example, it is usually easy to see why an Electoral Division with a high index score has that status, but it is more difficult to draw comparisons between Electoral Divisions with mid-ranked scores.

Highlights

The following section provides comment on the main features of each index. Because of the similar variables used to construct each index there are certain similarities in the rankings of Electoral Divisions for the various indexes. For instance, the divisions of Bradfield and North Sydney are ranked highest on each index while the divisions of Fowler and Bonython are the two lowest ranked divisions for three out of the four indexes. A number of divisions in the north shore area of Sydney and in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne appear in the top twenty rankings for each index. Similarly a number of rural and outer-metropolitan divisions appear in the bottom twenty rankings for all indexes.

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage

This index measures the relative social and economic well-being of the area. It combines attributes of relative advantage (high incomes, skilled workforce etc.) with attributes of relative disadvantage (low incomes, unskilled workforce etc.). The Electoral Division with the highest index score is the Sydney north shore division of Bradfield, while the division with the lowest score is the northern Adelaide division of Bonython. The median divisions (index score where there are an equal number of divisions above and below that score) are the southern New South Wales division of Hume and the inner-Melbourne division of Batman.

Most of the twenty highest ranked divisions are located on the north shore of Sydney (Bradfield, North Sydney, Warringah, Berowra, Mackellar and Bennelong) and in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne (Kooyong, Higgins, Goldstein and Menzies). Other divisions to feature in the top twenty are the traditionally well-off areas of Brisbane (Ryan) and Perth (Curtin) and the two ACT divisions (Canberra and Fraser). The increasing gentrification of inner city areas is illustrated by the high ranking of inner city divisions of Melbourne Ports, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. No South Australian or Tasmanian divisions feature in the top twenty. Fourteen of the top twenty divisions are held by the Liberal Party while the rest are held by the Labor Party.

Divisions with a low score are typically either outer-suburban or rural. Of the twenty divisions with the lowest score, six are outer-suburban (Fowler and Chifley in Sydney, Oxley and Longman in Brisbane and Bonython in Adelaide and Brand in Perth) and twelve are rural (Cowper, Page, Lyne and Gwydir in New South Wales, Wide Bay, Hinkler and Blair in Queensland, Barker, Grey and Wakefield in South Australia and Braddon and Lyons in Tasmania). Only one inner-city division features in the bottom twenty (Port Adelaide). Political representation among the twenty lowest ranked divisions is almost even with eleven divisions held by the Coalition and nine held by the Labor Party.

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage

This index measures the relative social and economic hardship in an area and to a certain extent displays a similar pattern to the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage although a high score reflects a lack of disadvantage rather than high advantage. To maintain consistency with the other indexes, the higher an area's index value for the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage, the less disadvantaged that area is compared to other areas. The Electoral Division with the highest score is Bradfield while the division with the lowest score is the western Sydney division of Fowler. The median divisions are the inner Melbourne division of Wills and the Gold Coast division of Moncrieff.

As with the Index of Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage, most of the twenty highest ranked divisions are located on the north shore of Sydney (Bradfield, North Sydney, Warringah, Berowra, Mackellar and Bennelong) or in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne (Kooyong, Higgins, Goldstein and Menzies). Two southern Sydney divisions (Hughes and Cook), together with three Perth divisions (Curtin, Tangney and Moore) also feature in the top twenty divisions. All but three of the top twenty divisions are held by the Liberal Party, the exceptions being the two Labor Party held divisions in the ACT (Canberra and Fraser) and Melbourne Ports.

Both inner and outer metropolitan divisions feature prominently in the lower ranked divisions, reflecting the lower incomes, low education attainment, high unemployment and unskilled occupations in those areas. Of the twenty lowest ranked divisions, six are inner metropolitan divisions (Reid, Blaxland and Watson in Sydney, Gellibrand and Maribyrnong in Melbourne and Port Adelaide), while seven are outer metropolitan divisions (Chifley, Fowler and Werriwa in Sydney, Holt in Melbourne, Oxley and Rankin in Brisbane and Bonython in Adelaide). Six rural divisions are also included in the twenty lowest ranked divisions (Page, Gwydir and Cowper in New South Wales, Wide Bay in Queensland, Braddon in Tasmania and Lingiari in the Northern Territory). All but four of the twenty lowest ranked divisions are held by the Labor Party, the remaining are held by the National Party.

An indication of the lack of homogeneity within a particular Electoral Division can be obtained by comparing the relative positions on the rankings between the Index of Advantage/Disadvantage and the Index of Disadvantage. For example, if an Electoral Division has a high proportion of people who are relatively well-off and a high proportion of people who are not so well-off, this will be reflected in a relatively high ranking on the Index of Advantage/Disadvantage and a relatively low ranking on the Index of Disadvantage. By this measure the two least homogenous divisions are the remote divisions of Lingiari in the Northern Territory and Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Lingiari is ranked just under the median (74^th) on the Index of Advantage/Disadvantage and is ranked the third lowest division on the Index of Disadvantage. Kalgoorlie is ranked just above the median (77^th) on the Index of Advantage/Disadvantage yet is ranked in the lowest quintile (22^nd) on the Index of Disadvantage. The inner metropolitan divisions of Watson in Sydney and Gellibrand and Melbourne display a similar pattern.

A number of rural divisions (Gippsland, Mallee and Wannon) exhibit the opposite pattern, i.e. ranked lower on the Index of Advantage/Disadvantage than on the Index of Disadvantage. This indicates a relatively high proportion of people who are disadvantaged and a relatively low proportion of people who are advantaged.

Index of Economic Resources

This index measures the economic resources or income and expenditure patterns of families. The Electoral Division with the highest index score is North Sydney, while the division with the lowest score is the Queensland rural division of Wide Bay. The median divisions are Hume and Wills.

As with the Index of Advantage/Disadvantage, and the Index of Disadvantage the top twenty places in the rankings for this index are dominated by divisions located in the well-off suburbs in the capital cities, although neither Adelaide nor Hobart divisions are included in the top twenty. Of the top twenty divisions, twelve are in Sydney, reflecting the high incomes, rents and mortgages in that city. Fifteen of the top twenty divisions are held by the Liberal Party, the remaining five are held by the Labor Party.

At the lower end of the rankings, rural divisions predominate, reflecting low family incomes and low rental and mortgage payments in rural Australia. Only five of the twenty lowest ranked divisions are held by the Labor Party. The preponderance of rural divisions at the lower end of the rankings is further emphasised by the fact that the National Party holds no divisions with a ranking over 45.

Index of Education and Occupation

The Index of Education and Occupation is designed to reflect the educational and occupational structure of the population. Once again the highest ranked divisions are North Sydney and Bradfield and the lowest ranked divisions are Bonython and Fowler. The median divisions are Hume and Ballarat.

Once again the top twenty places in the rankings for this index are dominated by divisions located on the north shore of Sydney and in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Given the nature of the index, it is not surprising to find that a number of divisions with or near tertiary education institutions rank high on this index. The divisions of Grayndler (University of Sydney), Adelaide (University of Adelaide) and Kingsford Smith (University of NSW) are ranked much higher on this index than the other indexes. Given the more diverse spread of divisions in the top twenty it is not surprising to find that the political complexion is also more evenly spread. Of the top twenty divisions, the Liberal Party holds eleven, while the Labor Party holds nine.

Rural and outer metropolitan divisions predominate at the bottom end of the rankings, reflecting the lack of tertiary education opportunities and professional occupational groups in those areas. Out of the twenty, divisions at the lower end of the rankings, the Labor Party holds eleven divisions, while the Liberal Party holds five and the National Party three.

Endnotes

1. A. Kopras, 'Electorate Rankings: Census 2001', Research Paper No. 2 200203, Department of the Parliamentary Library, 2003.

2. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Area, Australia, 2001, Information Paper, Cat. No. 2039.0 ABS Canberra, 2003.

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage

Electoral Division	Party	Index		Electoral Division	Party	Index
Adelaide (SA)	LIB	1,053		Hunter (NSW)	ALP	943
Aston (Vic)	LIB	1,055		Indi (Vic)	LIB	965
Ballarat (Vic)	ALP	963		Isaacs (Vic)	ALP	999
Banks (NSW)	ALP	1,020		Jagajaga (Vic)	ALP	1,076
Barker (SA)	LIB	923		Kalgoorlie (WA)	LIB	989
Barton (NSW)	ALP	1,038		Kennedy (Qld)	IND	939
Bass (Tas)	ALP	947		Kingsford Smith (NSW)	ALP	1,069
Batman (Vic)	ALP	989		Kingston (SA)	ALP	946
Bendigo (Vic)	ALP	948		Kooyong (Vic)	LIB	1,175
Bennelong (NSW)	LIB	1,114		La Trobe (Vic)	LIB	1,028
Berowra (NSW)	LIB	1,140		Lalor (Vic)	ALP	979
Blair (Qld)	LIB	932		Leichhardt (Qld)	LIB	990
Blaxland (NSW)	ALP	951		Lilley (Qld)	ALP	1,021
Bonython (SA)	ALP	882		Lindsay (NSW)	LIB	1,014
Boothby (SA)	LIB	1,054		Lingiari (NT)	ALP	987
Bowman (Qld)	ALP	1,002		Longman (Qld)	LIB	928
Braddon (Tas)	ALP	908		Lowe (NSW)	ALP	1,095
Bradfield (NSW)	LIB	1,204		Lyne (NSW)	NP	925
Brand (WA)	ALP	933		Lyons (Tas)	ALP	908
Brisbane (Qld)	ALP	1,103		Macarthur (NSW)	LIB	997
Bruce (Vic)	ALP	1,017		Mackellar (NSW)	LIB	1,115
Burke (Vic)	ALP	991		Macquarie (NSW)	LIB	1,043
Calare (NSW)	IND	963		Makin (SA)	LIB	985
Calwell (Vic)	ALP	968		Mallee (Vic)	NP	943
Canberra (ACT)	ALP	1,123		Maranoa (Qld)	NP	939
Canning (WA)	LIB	976		Maribyrnong (Vic)	ALP	960
Capricornia (Qld)	ALP	965		Mayo (SA)	LIB	1,035
Casey (Vic)	LIB	1,020		McEwen (Vic)	LIB	991
Charlton (NSW)	ALP	969		McMillan (Vic)	ALP	951
Chifley (NSW)	ALP	933		McPherson (Qld)	LIB	985
Chisholm (Vic)	ALP	1,077		Melbourne (Vic)	ALP	1,095
Cook (NSW)	LIB	1,085		Melbourne Ports (Vic)	ALP	1,144
Corangamite (Vic)	LIB	1,004		Menzies (Vic)	LIB	1,101
Corio (Vic)	ALP	949		Mitchell (NSW)	LIB	1,145
Cowan (WA)	ALP	1,002		Moncrieff (Qld)	LIB	994
Cowper (NSW)	NP	922		Moore (WA)	LIB	1,064
Cunningham (NSW)	GRN	1,029		Moreton (Qld)	LIB	1,055
Curtin (WA)	LIB	1,150		Murray (Vic)	LIB	944
Dawson (Qld)	NP	947		New England (NSW)	IND	950
Deakin (Vic)	LIB	1,057		Newcastle (NSW)	ALP	990
Denison (Tas)	ALP	1,008		North Sydney (NSW)	LIB	1,204
Dickson (Qld)	LIB	1,029		O'Connor (WA)	LIB	946
Dobell (NSW)	LIB	977		Oxley (Qld)	ALP	935
Dunkley (Vic)	LIB	1,003		Page (NSW)	NP	923
Eden-Monaro (NSW)	LIB	986		Parkes (NSW)	NP	940
Fadden (Qld)	LIB	997		Parramatta (NSW)	LIB	1,052
Fairfax (Qld)	LIB	950		Paterson (NSW)	LIB	938
Farrer (NSW)	LIB	956		Pearce (WA)	LIB	984
Fisher (Qld)	LIB	967		Perth (WA)	ALP	1,015
Flinders (Vic)	LIB	973		Petrie (Qld)	LIB	997
Forde (Qld)	LIB	953		Port Adelaide (SA)	ALP	936
Forrest (WA)	LIB	958		Prospect (NSW)	ALP	971
Fowler (NSW)	ALP	891		Rankin (Qld)	ALP	947
Franklin (Tas)	ALP	967		Reid (NSW)	ALP	949
Fraser (ACT)	ALP	1,121		Richmond (NSW)	NP	948
Fremantle (WA)	ALP	1,008		Riverina (NSW)	NP	959
Gellibrand (Vic)	ALP	970		Robertson (NSW)	LIB	1,002
Gilmore (NSW)	LIB	961		Ryan (Qld)	LIB	1,135
Gippsland (Vic)	NP	946		Scullin (Vic)	ALP	967
Goldstein (Vic)	LIB	1,127		Shortland (NSW)	ALP	948
Grayndler (NSW)	ALP	1,082		Solomon (NT)	CLP	1,052
Greenway (NSW)	ALP	1,016		Stirling (WA)	ALP	1,005
Grey (SA)	LIB	927		Sturt (SA)	LIB	1,052
Griffith (Qld)	ALP	1,064		Swan (WA)	ALP	1,018
Groom (Qld)	LIB	972		Sydney (NSW)	ALP	1,140
Gwydir (NSW)	NP	929		Tangney (WA)	LIB	1,086
Hasluck (WA)	ALP	973		Throsby (NSW)	ALP	933
Herbert (Qld)	LIB	993		Wakefield (SA)	LIB	935
Higgins (Vic)	LIB	1,162		Wannon (Vic)	LIB	952
Hindmarsh (SA)	LIB	1,000		Warringah (NSW)	LIB	1,152
Hinkler (Qld)	NP	925		Watson (NSW)	ALP	985
Holt (Vic)	ALP	942		Wentworth (NSW)	LIB	1,182
Hotham (Vic)	ALP	1,000		Werriwa (NSW)	ALP	979
Hughes (NSW)	LIB	1,093		Wide Bay (Qld)	NP	906
Hume (NSW)	LIB	988		Wills (Vic)	ALP	1,004

Ranked by the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage/Disadvantage

Rank	Electoral Division	Party	Index		Rank	Electoral Division	Party	Index
1	Bonython (SA)	ALP	882		76	Batman (Vic)	ALP	989
2	Fowler (NSW)	ALP	891		77	Kalgoorlie (WA)	LIB	989
3	Wide Bay (Qld)	NP	906		78	Newcastle (NSW)	ALP	990
4	Lyons (Tas)	ALP	908		79	Leichhardt (Qld)	LIB	990
5	Braddon (Tas)	ALP	908		80	McEwen (Vic)	LIB	991
6	Cowper (NSW)	NP	922		81	Burke (Vic)	ALP	991
7	Page (NSW)	NP	923		82	Herbert (Qld)	LIB	993
8	Barker (SA)	LIB	923		83	Moncrieff (Qld)	LIB	994
9	Hinkler (Qld)	NP	925		84	Macarthur (NSW)	LIB	997
10	Lyne (NSW)	NP	925		85	Fadden (Qld)	LIB	997
11	Grey (SA)	LIB	927		86	Petrie (Qld)	LIB	997
12	Longman (Qld)	LIB	928		87	Isaacs (Vic)	ALP	999
13	Gwydir (NSW)	NP	929		88	Hindmarsh (SA)	LIB	1,000
14	Blair (Qld)	LIB	932		89	Hotham (Vic)	ALP	1,000
15	Chifley (NSW)	ALP	933		90	Bowman (Qld)	ALP	1,002
16	Throsby (NSW)	ALP	933		91	Robertson (NSW)	LIB	1,002
17	Brand (WA)	ALP	933		92	Cowan (WA)	ALP	1,002
18	Wakefield (SA)	LIB	935		93	Dunkley (Vic)	LIB	1,003
19	Oxley (Qld)	ALP	935		94	Wills (Vic)	ALP	1,004
20	Port Adelaide (SA)	ALP	936		95	Corangamite (Vic)	LIB	1,004
21	Paterson (NSW)	LIB	938		96	Stirling (WA)	ALP	1,005
22	Maranoa (Qld)	NP	939		97	Denison (Tas)	ALP	1,008
23	Kennedy (Qld)	IND	939		98	Fremantle (WA)	ALP	1,008
24	Parkes (NSW)	NP	940		99	Lindsay (NSW)	LIB	1,014
25	Holt (Vic)	ALP	942		100	Perth (WA)	ALP	1,015
26	Mallee (Vic)	NP	943		101	Greenway (NSW)	ALP	1,016
27	Hunter (NSW)	ALP	943		102	Bruce (Vic)	ALP	1,017
28	Murray (Vic)	LIB	944		103	Swan (WA)	ALP	1,018
29	O'Connor (WA)	LIB	946		104	Banks (NSW)	ALP	1,020
30	Gippsland (Vic)	NP	946		105	Casey (Vic)	LIB	1,020
31	Kingston (SA)	ALP	946		106	Lilley (Qld)	ALP	1,021
32	Bass (Tas)	ALP	947		107	La Trobe (Vic)	LIB	1,028
33	Dawson (Qld)	NP	947		108	Dickson (Qld)	LIB	1,029
34	Rankin (Qld)	ALP	947		109	Cunningham (NSW)	GRN	1,029
35	Shortland (NSW)	ALP	948		110	Mayo (SA)	LIB	1,035
36	Bendigo (Vic)	ALP	948		111	Barton (NSW)	ALP	1,038
37	Richmond (NSW)	NP	948		112	Macquarie (NSW)	LIB	1,043
38	Reid (NSW)	ALP	949		113	Solomon (NT)	CLP	1,052
39	Corio (Vic)	ALP	949		114	Parramatta (NSW)	LIB	1,052
40	New England (NSW)	IND	950		115	Sturt (SA)	LIB	1,052
41	Fairfax (Qld)	LIB	950		116	Adelaide (SA)	LIB	1,053
42	Blaxland (NSW)	ALP	951		117	Boothby (SA)	LIB	1,054
43	McMillan (Vic)	ALP	951		118	Moreton (Qld)	LIB	1,055
44	Wannon (Vic)	LIB	952		119	Aston (Vic)	LIB	1,055
45	Forde (Qld)	LIB	953		120	Deakin (Vic)	LIB	1,057
46	Farrer (NSW)	LIB	956		121	Griffith (Qld)	ALP	1,064
47	Forrest (WA)	LIB	958		122	Moore (WA)	LIB	1,064
48	Riverina (NSW)	NP	959		123	Kingsford Smith (NSW)	ALP	1,069
49	Maribyrnong (Vic)	ALP	960		124	Jagajaga (Vic)	ALP	1,076
50	Gilmore (NSW)	LIB	961		125	Chisholm (Vic)	ALP	1,077
51	Ballarat (Vic)	ALP	963		126	Grayndler (NSW)	ALP	1,082
52	Calare (NSW)	IND	963		127	Cook (NSW)	LIB	1,085
53	Capricornia (Qld)	ALP	965		128	Tangney (WA)	LIB	1,086
54	Indi (Vic)	LIB	965		129	Hughes (NSW)	LIB	1,093
55	Fisher (Qld)	LIB	967		130	Melbourne (Vic)	ALP	1,095
56	Franklin (Tas)	ALP	967		131	Lowe (NSW)	ALP	1,095
57	Scullin (Vic)	ALP	967		132	Menzies (Vic)	LIB	1,101
58	Calwell (Vic)	ALP	968		133	Brisbane (Qld)	ALP	1,103
59	Charlton (NSW)	ALP	969		134	Bennelong (NSW)	LIB	1,114
60	Gellibrand (Vic)	ALP	970		135	Mackellar (NSW)	LIB	1,115
61	Prospect (NSW)	ALP	971		136	Fraser (ACT)	ALP	1,121
62	Groom (Qld)	LIB	972		137	Canberra (ACT)	ALP	1,123
63	Flinders (Vic)	LIB	973		138	Goldstein (Vic)	LIB	1,127
64	Hasluck (WA)	ALP	973		139	Ryan (Qld)	LIB	1,135
65	Canning (WA)	LIB	976		140	Sydney (NSW)	ALP	1,140
66	Dobell (NSW)	LIB	977		141	Berowra (NSW)	LIB	1,140
67	Werriwa (NSW)	ALP	979		142	Melbourne Ports (Vic)	ALP	1,144
68	Lalor (Vic)	ALP	979		143	Mitchell (NSW)	LIB	1,145
69	Pearce (WA)	LIB	984		144	Curtin (WA)	LIB	1,150
70	Watson (NSW)	ALP	985		145	Warringah (NSW)	LIB	1,152
71	McPherson (Qld)	LIB	985		146	Higgins (Vic)	LIB	1,162
72	Makin (SA)	LIB	985		147	Kooyong (Vic)	LIB	1,175
73	Eden-Monaro (NSW)	LIB	986		148	Wentworth (NSW)	LIB	1,182
74	Lingiari (NT)	ALP	987		149	North Sydney (NSW)	LIB	1,204
75	Hume (NSW)	LIB	988		150	Bradfield (NSW)	LIB	1,204

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage

Electoral Division	Party	Index		Electoral Division	Party	Index
Adelaide (SA)	LIB	1,024		Hunter (NSW)	ALP	953
Aston (Vic)	LIB	1,058		Indi (Vic)	LIB	1,004
Ballarat (Vic)	ALP	997		Isaacs (Vic)	ALP	1,011
Banks (NSW)	ALP	1,004		Jagajaga (Vic)	ALP	1,065
Barker (SA)	LIB	980		Kalgoorlie (WA)	LIB	952
Barton (NSW)	ALP	1,009		Kennedy (Qld)	IND	954
Bass (Tas)	ALP	965		Kingsford Smith (NSW)	ALP	1,020
Batman (Vic)	ALP	967		Kingston (SA)	ALP	981
Bendigo (Vic)	ALP	984		Kooyong (Vic)	LIB	1,122
Bennelong (NSW)	LIB	1,074		La Trobe (Vic)	LIB	1,046
Berowra (NSW)	LIB	1,103		Lalor (Vic)	ALP	984
Blair (Qld)	LIB	966		Leichhardt (Qld)	LIB	972
Blaxland (NSW)	ALP	922		Lilley (Qld)	ALP	1,011
Bonython (SA)	ALP	888		Lindsay (NSW)	LIB	1,007
Boothby (SA)	LIB	1,062		Lingiari (NT)	ALP	903
Bowman (Qld)	ALP	1,011		Longman (Qld)	LIB	956
Braddon (Tas)	ALP	941		Lowe (NSW)	ALP	1,047
Bradfield (NSW)	LIB	1,139		Lyne (NSW)	NP	957
Brand (WA)	ALP	952		Lyons (Tas)	ALP	958
Brisbane (Qld)	ALP	1,056		Macarthur (NSW)	LIB	980
Bruce (Vic)	ALP	1,003		Mackellar (NSW)	LIB	1,093
Burke (Vic)	ALP	1,012		Macquarie (NSW)	LIB	1,037
Calare (NSW)	IND	977		Makin (SA)	LIB	1,021
Calwell (Vic)	ALP	968		Mallee (Vic)	NP	998
Canberra (ACT)	ALP	1,083		Maranoa (Qld)	NP	974
Canning (WA)	LIB	994		Maribyrnong (Vic)	ALP	950
Capricornia (Qld)	ALP	979		Mayo (SA)	LIB	1,062
Casey (Vic)	LIB	1,044		McEwen (Vic)	LIB	1,021
Charlton (NSW)	ALP	986		McMillan (Vic)	ALP	980
Chifley (NSW)	ALP	904		McPherson (Qld)	LIB	999
Chisholm (Vic)	ALP	1,054		Melbourne (Vic)	ALP	999
Cook (NSW)	LIB	1,071		Melbourne Ports (Vic)	ALP	1,090
Corangamite (Vic)	LIB	1,042		Menzies (Vic)	LIB	1,088
Corio (Vic)	ALP	964		Mitchell (NSW)	LIB	1,112
Cowan (WA)	ALP	1,007		Moncrieff (Qld)	LIB	997
Cowper (NSW)	NP	949		Moore (WA)	LIB	1,065
Cunningham (NSW)	GRN	1,014		Moreton (Qld)	LIB	1,035
Curtin (WA)	LIB	1,096		Murray (Vic)	LIB	991
Dawson (Qld)	NP	974		New England (NSW)	IND	973
Deakin (Vic)	LIB	1,055		Newcastle (NSW)	ALP	973
Denison (Tas)	ALP	1,004		North Sydney (NSW)	LIB	1,130
Dickson (Qld)	LIB	1,038		O'Connor (WA)	LIB	974