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How Kangaroo Island voted

SA2 area in South Australia · federal division: Mayo · federal elections 2019, 2022, 2025

At the 2025 federal election, residents of Kangaroo Island favoured Coalition 52.7% (v Labor 47.3%) on a two-party-preferred basis, 0.1 points to Labor since 2022. Others led first preferences with 35.4%.

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Results by election

Estimated by where residents live; first preferences in %, swing in percentage points
201920222025Swing 2022→25
Two-party preferredCoal 60.2Coal 52.9Coal 52.7Lab +0.1
Labor10.4%17.5%16.6%-0.9
Coalition44.8%31.7%29.6%-2.1
Greens7.2%10.9%11.2%+0.3
One Nation0.0%5.5%7.3%+1.8
Independents0.0%0.0%0.0%+0.0
Others37.7%34.4%35.4%+1.0

2021 Census profile

IndicatorKangaroo IslandTypical area
Median age5039
Median household income ($/week)$1,128$1,753
Bachelor degree or higher %17.2%21.4%
No religion %63.1%44.7%
Renting (all) %22.8%27.2%
Owned outright %44.7%32.7%
Born overseas %16.0%23.6%
Born in non-English-speaking country %5.5%12.5%

Usual residents: 4,894 (3,992 aged 18+). "Typical area" is the median across all areas.

Where residents voted in 2025

Polling placeTypeShare of residents' votesIn this area
Kingscote PPVCPPVC39%yes
PostalDeclaration: Postal16%
KingscoteOrdinary13%yes
PenneshawOrdinary9%yes
ParndanaOrdinary5%yes
American RiverOrdinary5%yes
Pre-PollDeclaration: Pre-Poll4%
AbsentDeclaration: Absent3%

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

Other areas in Mayo

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.