2001 Census
Data*
|
National
ranking
(out of 150)
|
State
ranking
(out of 50)
|
Median
household income
|
1003
|
51
|
24
|
Unemployment
|
8.2%
|
52
|
19
|
Persons aged over 65
|
14.5%
|
49
|
18
|
Born in
NES country
|
13.7%
|
57
|
23
|
The
current term has been remarkable for the absence of by-elections.
The only one was in this seat, and the government didn't run. That enabled
the Green's Organ to poll just 23 percent primary votes but overtake the
ALP's Sharon Bird's 38 percent with everyone else's preferences.
Peter Andren, the
member for Calare, often laments preferential voting's
supposed discrimination against minor parties and independents.
Journalist Alan Ramsey has written the same.
Here is a fine
example of why they're wrong: It's single member electorates per se
that favour the big parties. Within single member electorate voting
systems, preferential voting is good for minor parties and independents.
Try getting elected in the UK (under First Past the Post) with 23 percent of the vote.
Seat margin and
graph above are Labor versus Liberal.
Organ's margin against Labor
in 2002 was 2.3 percent.
External
links
ABC
(Antony Green)
A:
AEC socio-demographic
r: yes
vote at 1999 referendum
*
From Parliament House Library
|
ProvincialA
Member