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The electorate of Chisholm

Held by

Australian Labor Party

Margin

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Median age

39

Census 2021

Median household income

$1,832

per week

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Chisholm within VIC · 73 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 Carina Garland

Carina Garland

Australian Labor Party · Chair of Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations, Skills and Training

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What the Census says about Chisholm

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

Median weekly household income
$1,832
Median weekly personal income
$734
Median weekly rent
$440
Median monthly mortgage repayment
$2,400
Average household size
2.6 people

How people live here

37.0%

Own outright

29.4%

Mortgage

29.3%

Renting

What people do

  • Health Care & Social Assistance14.4% · 11,953 people
  • Professional, Scientific & Technical12.4% · 10,330 people
  • Retail Trade10.7% · 8,862 people
  • Education & Training10.5% · 8,722 people
  • Accommodation & Food Services7.4% · 6,155 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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