Electoral demography
I received a nice email from the ABS …
I draw your attention to yesterday’s release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of Australian Demographic Statistics, June Quarter 2008 (cat. no. 3101.0) and specifically the section at the end of the Main Features on Statistics for Parliamentary Representation.
The release can be found on the ABS website via this link: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0?OpenDocument
The relevant section is on page 10 of the PDF file of the publication, or at the end of the “Summary Commentary” page on the website.
This updates information published in Information Paper: Determining Seats in the House of Representatives - Legislative Requirements for Provision of ABS Statistics, Australia, 2005 (cat. no. 3107.0.55.002).
Sometime today I will do the math to see if and where we might be losing or gaining seats for the next election.
Update: Antony has done the hard work for me …
New South Wales - 48 seats, down from the current 49
Victoria - 37 seats, unchanged
Queensland - 30 seats, up one from current 29
Western Australia - 15 seats, unchanged
South Australia - 11 seats, unchanged
Tasmania - 5 seats unchanged.
ACT - 2 seats, unchanged
NT - 2 seats, unchanged