Electorate data cards

Encourage students to explore how decisions can be made with this set of cards that use real ABS data.

Download the Electorate data cards

 

The Electorate data cards consist of statistics for each of the 88 lower house electoral districts, and for all of Victoria, from the last Australian Census in 2021. The data provided is a snapshot of some key demographic information such as age distribution and country of births, as well as size of the electorate, population, housing types, and some income and expense details. 

Students can use the cards to consider how members of parliament make decisions for their electorates or can be used across disciplines such as maths and geography to explore population distributions and/or statistical analysis. 

The data for cards has been generated from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Parliamentary Library. 

  • The Electorate data cards card can be used across multiple levels and subject areas as a way of exploring the demographics of Victoria, representation and statistics. 

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