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Electoral districts of South Australia

Electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly

Summary

Electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly

Since 1970, the South Australian House of Assembly — the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia — has consisted of 47 single-member electoral districts consisting of approximately the same number of enrolled voters. The district boundaries are regulated by the State Electoral Office, according to the requirements of the South Australian Constitution and are subject to mandatory redistributions by the South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission in order to respond to changing demographics.

Boundary adjustments

Electoral boundaries are adjusted after each election. The number of electors in each district must be within 10% of the average at the time of the redistribution order. Other issues that may be considered include economic, social and regional communities of interest. From 1990 to 2018, it was also a requirement that each redistribution attempt to ensure that the party that obtains 50% or more of the overall vote at a general election would be able to form a government; this requirement has since been repealed.

Election	1970	1973	1975	1977	1979	1982	1985	1989	1993	1997	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022
Govt	Labor	Labor	Labor	Labor	Liberal	Labor	Labor	Labor	Liberal	Liberal	Labor	Labor	Labor	Labor	Liberal	Labor
# of seats	27	26	23	27	24	24	27	22	37	23	23	28	26	23	25	27
% of seats	57.4	55.3	48.9	57.4	51.1	51.1	57.4	46.8	78.7	48.9	48.9	59.6	55.3	48.9	53.2	57.4
% of vote	53.3	54.5	49.2	53.4	55.0	50.9	53.2	48.1	61.0	51.5	49.1	56.8	48.4	47.0	51.94	54.59

While South Australia's total population exceeds 1.8 million, Adelaide's population exceeds 1.4 million (as at 30 June 2023) − uniquely highly centralised, over 78% of the state's population resides in the Greater Adelaide metropolitan area and has 72% of seats (34 of 47) alongside a lack of comparatively sized rural population centres, therefore the metropolitan area is crucial in deciding election outcomes. At the 2014 election for example, although the statewide two-party vote (2PP) was 47.0% Labor vs. 53.0% Liberal, the metropolitan area recorded a 2PP of 51.5% Labor v 48.5% Liberal.

List of the current 47 electoral districts

Adelaide
Badcoe
Black
Bragg
Chaffey
Cheltenham
Colton
Croydon
Davenport
Dunstan
Elder
Elizabeth
Enfield
Finniss
Flinders
Florey
Frome
Gibson
Giles
Hammond
Hartley
Heysen
Hurtle Vale
Kaurna
Kavel
King
Lee
Light
MacKillop
Mawson
Morialta
Morphett
Mount Gambier
Narungga
Newland
Playford
Port Adelaide
Ramsay
Reynell
Schubert
Stuart
Taylor
Torrens
Unley
Waite
West Torrens
Wright

Maps

File:SA-state-2018.png|Map of outer rural electoral districts showing results from the 2018 election. File:SA-outermetro-2018.png|Map of metropolitan and inner rural electoral districts showing results from the 2018 election. File:SA-metro-2018.png|Map of metropolitan electoral districts showing results from the 2018 election.

Numbers of electorates and members

From 1857 to 1933, the number of districts varied between 12 (1912–1915) and 27 (1890–1901). Each district returned from 1-6 members.

Since 1938, the South Australian House of Assembly has had single-member electoral districts. From 1938 to 1968 there were 39 districts. Since 1970 there have been 47 electoral districts.

Parliaments	Years elected	Districts	Members
1, 2	1857, 1860	17	36
3, 4, 5, 6, 7	1862, 1865, 1868, 1870, 1871	18	36
8, 9, 10	1875, 1878, 1881	22	46
11, 12	1884, 1887	26	52
13, 14, 15, 16	1890, 1893, 1896, 1899	27	54
17, 18, 19, 20	1902, 1905, 1906, 1910	13	42
21	1912	12	40
22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28	1915, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1927,
1930, 1933	19	46
29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38,
39	1938, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1950,
1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1965,
1968	39	39
40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
50, 51, 52, 53, 54,
55	1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979,
1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997,
2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,
2022	47	47

Electoral districts

This table gives the number of members returned by each electoral district at each election.

		1857
-1862	1862
-1875	1875
-1884	1884
-1890	1890
-1902	1902
-1912	1912
-1915	1915
-1938	1938
-1956	1956
-1970	1970
-1985	1985
-1993	1993
-1997	1997
-2002	2002
-2014	2014
-2018	2018
-now	District	57-62	62-75	75-84	84-90	90-02	02-12	12-15	15-38	38-56	56-70	70-85	85-93	93-97	97-02	02-14	14-18	2018+	57-62	62-75	75-84	84-90	90-02	02-12	12-15	15-38	38-56	56-70	70-85	85-93	93-97	97-02	02-14	14-18	2018+	57-62	62-75	75-84	84-90	90-02	02-12	12-15	15-38	38-56	56-70	70-85	85-93	93-97	97-02	02-14	14-18	2018+	57-62	62-75	75-84	84-90	90-02	02-12	12-15	15-38	38-56	56-70	70-85	85-93	93-97	97-02	02-14	14-18	2018+	57-62	62-75	75-84	84-90	90-02	02-12	12-15	15-38	38-56	56-70	70-85	85-93	93-97	97-02	02-14	14-18	2018+	57-62	62-75	75-84	84-90	90-02	02-12	12-15	15-38	38-56	56-70	70-85	85-93	93-97	97-02	02-14	14-18	2018+	57-62	62-75	75-84	84-90	90-02	02-12	12-15	15-38	38-56	56-70	70-85	85-93	93-97	97-02	02-14	14-18	2018+	57-62	62-75	75-84	84-90	90-02	02-12	12-15	15-38	38-56	56-70	70-85	85-93	93-97	97-02	02-14	14-18	2018+	1857
-1862	1862
-1875	1875
-1884	1884
-1890	1890
-1902	1902
-1912	1912
-1915	1915
-1938	1938
-1956	1956
-1970	1970
-1985	1985
-1993	1993
-1997	1997
-2002	2002
-2014	2014
-2018	2018
-now
Districts	17	18	22	26	27	13	12	19	39	39	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
Members	36	36	46	52	54	42	40	46	39	39	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
Adelaide, City of	6
Adelaide		4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Albert		2	2	2		2	1	1
Albert Park		1	1
Alexandra		4	4	3	1	1	1	1
Angas		1	1
Ascot Park		1	1
Ashford		1	1
Badcoe		1
Barossa	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3		1
Baudin		1	1	1
Black		1
Bragg		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Briggs		1
Bright		1	1	1	1
Brighton		1
The Burra and Clare	3
The Burra		2	2
Burra		2	2		1	1
Burra Burra		3	3	3
Burnside		1	1
Chaffey		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cheltenham		1	1	1
Coles		1	1	1	1
Colton		1	1	1	1	1
Croydon		1	1	1
Custance		1	1
Davenport		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dunstan		1	1
East Adelaide		2	2	2
East Torrens	2	2	2	2	2		3
Edwardstown		1
Elder		1	1	1	1	1
Elizabeth		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Encounter Bay	2	2	2	2	2
Enfield		1		1	1	1
Eyre		1	1	1
Finniss		1	1	1	1	1
Fisher		1	1	1	1	1	1
Flinders	1	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Florey		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Frome		2	2		1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1
Gawler		1	1
Gibson		1
Giles		1	1	1	1	1
Gilles		1	1
Gladstone		2	2
Glenelg		1	1	1
Goodwood		1
Gouger		1	1	1
Goyder		1	1	1	1	1	1
Gumeracha	2	2	2	2	2		1	1
Hammond		1	1	1	1
Hanson		1	1	1	1
Hart		1	1
Hartley		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hayward		1
Henley Beach		1	1
Heysen		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hindmarsh		1	1
Hurtle Vale		1
Kaurna		1	1	1	1	1
Kavel		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
King		1
Lee		1	1	1	1	1
Light	2	2	3	2	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Little Para		1	1
MacKillop		1	1	1	1	1
Mallee		1
Mawson		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Millicent		1	1
Mitcham		1	1	1
Mitchell		1	1	1	1	1	1
Morialta		1	1	1
Morphett		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mount Barker	2	2	2	2	2
Mount Gambier		1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1
The Murray	1
Murray		3	3	3	1	1	1
Murray-Mallee		1
Napier		1	1	1	1	1	1
Narungga		1
Newcastle		2	2		2	1	1
Newland		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Noarlunga	2	2	2	2	2
North Adelaide		1	2	2		2
Northern Territory		2	2
Norwood		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Onkaparinga	2	2	2	2	2		1	1
Peake		1	1	1	1
Pirie		1
Playford		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Port Adelaide	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1		1	1	1
Port Pirie		2	1	1
Price		1	1	1
Prospect		1
Ramsay		1	1	1	1	1	1
Reynell		1	1	1	1	1
Ridley		1	1		1
Rocky River		1	1	1
Ross Smith		1	1	1	1
Salisbury		1
Semaphore		1	1	1	1
Schubert		1	1	1	1
Spence		1	1	1	1
Stanley		2	2	2	3	3	2	1
Stirling		1	1
Stuart		1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1
Sturt, The	2	2
Sturt		2	2	2		3
Taylor		1	1	1	1	1
Tea Tree Gully		1
Thebarton		1
Todd		1	1
Torrens		5	5		1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1
Unley		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Victoria	1	2	2	2	2			2	1	1	1	1
Victoria and Albert		3	3
Waite		1	1	1	1	1
Wallaroo		3	2	2	3	3	2	1	1
Walsh		1
West Adelaide		2	2	2	2
West Torrens	2	2	2	2	2		2		1		1	1	1
Whyalla		1	1	1
Wooroora		2	2	2	3	3	3
Wright		1	1	1	1	1
Yatala	2	2	2	2	2
Yorke Peninsula		2	1	1
Young		1

Abolished electoral districts

These electoral districts no longer exist:

Albert
Albert Park
Alexandra
Angas
Ashford
Ascot Park
Barossa
Baudin
Briggs
Bright
Brighton
Burnside
Burra
Burra Burra
City of Adelaide
Coles
Custance
East Adelaide
East Torrens
Edwardstown
Encounter Bay
Eyre
Fisher
Gawler
Gilles
Gladstone
Glenelg
Goodwood
Gordon
Gouger
Goyder
Gumeracha
Hanson
Hart
Hayward
Henley Beach
Hindmarsh
Little Para
Mallee
Millicent
Mitcham
Mitchell
Mount Barker
Murray
Murray-Mallee
Napier
Newcastle
Noarlunga
North Adelaide
Northern Territory
Norwood
Onkaparinga
Peake
Pirie
Port Pirie
Price
Prospect
Ridley
Rocky River
Ross Smith
Salisbury
Semaphore
Spence
Stanley
Stirling
Sturt
Tea Tree Gully
The Burra
The Burra and Clare
The Murray
Thebarton
Todd
Victoria
Victoria and Albert
Wallaroo
Walsh
West Adelaide
Whyalla
Wooroora
Yatala
Yorke Peninsula
Young

Notes

Metropolitan 2PP correctly calculated by adding raw metro 2PP vote numbers from the 34 metro seats, both Labor and Liberal, then dividing Labor's raw metro 2PP vote from the total, which revealed a Labor metropolitan 2PP of 51.54%.

References

"Electoral Questions & Answers". State Electoral Office, South Australia.
(13 June 2024). "National, state and territory population, December 2023 | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
(2014). "2014 election statistics". Government of South Australia.
(2014). "2014 Heysen election". Government of South Australia.
(2014). "2014 Fisher by-election". [[ABC News (Australia).

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