This paper provides an analysis of selected socio-economic data from the
“2001 Census of Population and Housing” for New South Wales State
Electoral Districts.
Data for each characteristic is presented in two tables. The first table ranks
each Electoral District, in descending order, on the relative value of the
selected data item. The second lists the same information for each electorate
in alphabetical order. An average score for each data item has been included in
each table in this publication. The mean score is shown at the end of each
table while the median (middle) score is denoted within each table by the
47th ranked score. The rankings have also been carried over into the
alphabetically sorted Electorate tables in this publication. The political
party holding the seat as at January 2003 is also listed.
Regional data for each characteristic is also presented in the tables showing
average population and average proportion of population for regions defined as
Metropolitan electorates,
Central Coast electorates,
Illawarra
electorates,
Newcastle electorates,
North Coast electorates
and
Country electorates. The advice of Antony Green in defining these
regions is gratefully acknowledged.
All data has been extracted from the Census 2001 and Census 1996 spreadsheet
data provided to the NSW Parliamentary Library by the Australian Bureau of
Statistics. The data used presents the 2001 census data in relation to the New
South Wales state electoral boundaries as redistributed in 1998. This
publication also calculates rates of change over the five year period between
Census 1996 and Census 2001 expressed as a positive or negative percentage
figure relative to the particular characteristic in the Census 1996 spreadsheet
data.
Electorate square kilometre size was extracted from the 1998 NSW State
Electoral Redistribution report. Enrolment figures which appear in the
Appendices are extracted from New South Wales Enrolment Statistics supplied by
the State Electoral Office. The ranked tables that appear in this publication
have been produced using Microsoft Excel.
All tables should be read in conjunction with the definitions provided in this
paper.
