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NSW

The electorate of Bennelong

Held by

Labor

Margin

1% · marginal

Median age

37

Census 2021

Median household income

$2,124

per week

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Bennelong within NSW · 60 km². Boundary: ABS Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2025 (ASGS Edition 3), CC BY 4.0. An approximation of the AEC’s legal boundary — to confirm the division you vote in, look up your postcode.

Your representative

Official portrait of Jerome Laxale

Jerome Laxale

Australian Labor Party · Chair of Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters

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What the Census says about Bennelong

Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, 2021.

Median weekly household income
$2,124
Median weekly personal income
$942
Median weekly rent
$470
Median monthly mortgage repayment
$2,600
Average household size
2.6 people

How people live here

26.8%

Own outright

30.2%

Mortgage

40.2%

Renting

What people do

  • Professional, Scientific & Technical14.8% · 13,356 people
  • Health Care & Social Assistance14% · 12,692 people
  • Education & Training9.5% · 8,637 people
  • Financial & Insurance Services9% · 8,137 people
  • Retail Trade8.7% · 7,898 people

Source: ABS Census 2021. Census figures describe the electorate as it stood at the Census and are not updated between Censuses.

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