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Statepeoplekm2people/km2Senatorspeople/senatorssqrtscaled
House of Reps in 2019
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New South Wales 7,618,200 800,641 9.512 634,850 7971.924731%
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Victoria 5,938,100 227,416 26.112 494,842 7031.703825%
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Queensland 4,779,400 1,730,647 2.812 398,283 6311.523020%
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Western Australia 2,591,600 2,529,875 1.012 215,967 4651.121611%
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ACT 390,800 2,280 171.42 195,400 4421.0732.0%
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South Australia 1,698,600 983,482 1.712 141,550 3760.91106.6%
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Northern Territory 244,600 1,349,129 0.22 122,300 3500.8421.3%
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Tasmania 516,600 68,401 7.612 43,050 2070.553.3%
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Australia total 23,777,900 7,691,871 3.0976 312,867 5591.35151227
MPs + Senators
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source:
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-australian-states-territories-have-the-highest-density-of-population.html
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Voters perVoters per
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Revised States% of populationVoting regions% of populationSub-constituencies
sub-constituency
combined twin-paired constituencies
Sub-constituencies
TasmaniaVictoria
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New South Wales inc. ACT 8,009,000 33.7%South East (SE)61%240 60,265 99,075 133 55%
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Victoria + Tasmania 6,454,700 27.1% 107 45% 8.6 98.5
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Queensland 4,779,400 20.1%North or West (N/W)39%240 38,809 123 51%
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Western Australia 2,591,600 10.9% 67 28%
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Central Australia (SA + NT) 1,943,200 8.2% 50 21%
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 23,777,900 240 480 check: 23,777,900 ok
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Each Senator represents two combined sub-constituencies – one in each voting "region" (SE and N/W).
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Next, combine groups of, say12
x twin-paired sub-constituencies to create multi-member constituencies, each with
12Senators.
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Giving:20
Multi-member constituencies (MMCs) electing:
240Senators.
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Each MMC having: 1,188,895 voters, inc.: 723,185
in a SE sub-constituency, and
465,710
in a N/W sub-constituency.
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Total voters (check): 23,777,900
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i.e. all votes equal value.
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Comparison of State RepresentationCurrent Senators
MMCs (shared with another State)
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SA + NT18%21%
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Tasmania16%3.6%
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