The referendum has run its course and by now we know how South Australia voted, but we thought it would be interesting to have a closer look at electorates* in context.
*Electorates largely mean nothing during a referendum, in SA our votes were tallied by state and then toward the national totals – but we do have age demographics by electorate!
In SA the three electorates with the highest proportion of ‘yes’ votes were:
Adelaide (48.79%)
Boothby (47.56%)
Sturt (41.98%)
The three electorates with the highest proportion of 18-24-year-olds are:
Spence (11.1%)
Adelaide (10.2%)
Sturt (9.9%)
Spence, with the highest proportion of 18-24-year-olds had the third lowest ‘yes’ vote proportion at 27.51%.
Barker and Grey have the lowest representation of 18-24-year-olds, at 7.9% of each electorate, and had the lowest proportion of ‘yes’ votes, 21.26% and 21.4% respectively.
As a state we also had the lowest turnout of an election this year. Less than 80% of enrolled voters cast their ballots, compared to 89% at the state election in March and 91.07% at the federal election in May.
Support for First Nations young people:
13 YARN (13 19 76) 24/7 support for First Nations People
WellMob Social, emotional and cultural wellbeing online resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
AIMhi-Y A mobile app to support the wellbeing of First Nations young people, aged 12-25, available for download via the App Store or Google Play.
Lifeline 13 11 14 & webchat 24/7
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 & webchat 24/7
