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How Darwin City voted

SA2 area in Northern Territory · federal division: Solomon · federal elections 2019, 2022, 2025

At the 2025 federal election, residents of Darwin City favoured Labor 53.7% (v Coalition 46.3%) on a two-party-preferred basis, 6.8 points to the Coalition since 2022. Coalition led first preferences with 34.8%.

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Results by election

Estimated by where residents live; first preferences in %, swing in percentage points
201920222025Swing 2022→25
Two-party preferredLab 50.9Lab 60.5Lab 53.7Coal +6.8
Labor37.5%39.8%33.6%-6.3
Coalition40.6%24.7%34.8%+10.1
Greens12.3%16.1%11.8%-4.3
One Nation0.0%4.5%6.3%+1.8
Independents4.9%0.0%13.1%+13.1
Others4.6%14.8%0.5%-14.3

2021 Census profile

IndicatorDarwin CityTypical area
Median age3339
Median household income ($/week)$2,151$1,753
Bachelor degree or higher %41.5%21.4%
No religion %47.2%44.7%
Renting (all) %76.7%27.2%
Owned outright %7.5%32.7%
Born overseas %51.6%23.6%
Born in non-English-speaking country %41.5%12.5%

Usual residents: 7,149 (6,450 aged 18+). "Typical area" is the median across all areas.

Where residents voted in 2025

Polling placeTypeShare of residents' votesIn this area
Darwin SOLOMON PPVCPPVC46%yes
DarwinOrdinary19%yes
Pre-PollDeclaration: Pre-Poll10%
PostalDeclaration: Postal7%
Eaton SOLOMON PPVCPPVC7%
ParapOrdinary2%
Stuart ParkOrdinary2%
Palmerston SOLOMON PPVCPPVC1%

Top polling places by estimated votes from this area, including postal and other declaration votes.

Other areas in Solomon

Sources: Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) federal election results and votes-by-SA1 files, 2019–2025; Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 boundaries and 2021 Census DataPacks. Both © Commonwealth of Australia, used under CC BY 4.0. Basemap © Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Area results are estimates of how residents voted, not official counts — see the methods. Built 2 November 2026. Spotted an error? Tell us.