Most densely populated federal electorates
Melbourne (VIC) ranks first for most densely populated at 5,072.6/km², followed by Grayndler (NSW, 4,409.9/km²) and Macnamara (VIC, 4,373.7/km²).
All 149 divisions with a value for this measure, ranked highest first. Measure: Population density. Census measures use the 2021 Census on 2021 boundaries; Bullwinkel (WA), created in the 2025 redistribution, has no Census figures and is not ranked.
| Rank | Division | State | Member (party) | Population density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | VIC | Sarah Witty (ALP) | 5,072.6/km² |
| 2 | Grayndler | NSW | Anthony Albanese (ALP) | 4,409.9/km² |
| 3 | Macnamara | VIC | Josh Burns (ALP) | 4,373.7/km² |
| 4 | Barton | NSW | Ash Ambihaipahar (ALP) | 4,346.6/km² |
| 5 | Sydney | NSW | Tanya Plibersek (ALP) | 3,887.6/km² |
| 6 | Reid | NSW | Sally Sitou (ALP) | 3,660.8/km² |
| 7 | Watson | NSW | Tony Burke (ALP) | 3,627.5/km² |
| 8 | Wentworth | NSW | Allegra Spender (IND) | 3,560.0/km² |
| 9 | Wills | VIC | Peter Khalil (ALP) | 3,359.2/km² |
| 10 | Brisbane | QLD | Madonna Jarrett (ALP) | 3,189.3/km² |
| 11 | Blaxland | NSW | Jason Clare (ALP) | 3,181.6/km² |
| 12 | Griffith | QLD | Renee Coffey (ALP) | 3,098.2/km² |
| 13 | Parramatta | NSW | Andrew Charlton (ALP) | 3,095.9/km² |
| 14 | Bennelong | NSW | Jerome Laxale (ALP) | 2,886.3/km² |
| 15 | Fowler | NSW | Dai Le (IND) | 2,775.9/km² |
| 16 | Kooyong | VIC | Monique Ryan (IND) | 2,765.9/km² |
| 17 | Goldstein | VIC | Tim Wilson (LP) | 2,738.7/km² |
| 18 | Cooper | VIC | Ged Kearney (ALP) | 2,565.3/km² |
| 19 | Chisholm | VIC | Carina Garland (ALP) | 2,522.7/km² |
| 20 | Perth | WA | Patrick Gorman (ALP) | 2,473.5/km² |
| 21 | Banks | NSW | Zhi Soon (ALP) | 2,472.2/km² |
| 22 | Hotham | VIC | Clare O'Neil (ALP) | 2,415.0/km² |
| 23 | Mitchell | NSW | Alex Hawke (LP) | 2,373.1/km² |
| 24 | Adelaide | SA | Steve Georganas (ALP) | 2,287.8/km² |
| 25 | Greenway | NSW | Michelle Rowland (ALP) | 2,250.9/km² |
| 26 | Maribyrnong | VIC | Jo Briskey (ALP) | 2,194.7/km² |
| 27 | Warringah | NSW | Zali Steggall (IND) | 2,175.7/km² |
| 28 | Kingsford Smith | NSW | Matt Thistlethwaite (ALP) | 1,947.9/km² |
| 29 | Sturt | SA | Claire Clutterham (ALP) | 1,918.4/km² |
| 30 | Fraser | VIC | Daniel Mulino (ALP) | 1,808.9/km² |
| 31 | Werriwa | NSW | Anne Stanley (ALP) | 1,796.5/km² |
| 32 | Chifley | NSW | Ed Husic (ALP) | 1,791.5/km² |
| 33 | Moncrieff | QLD | Angie Bell (LNP) | 1,761.0/km² |
| 34 | Tangney | WA | Sam Lim (ALP) | 1,715.1/km² |
| 35 | Deakin | VIC | Matt Gregg (ALP) | 1,700.9/km² |
| 36 | Menzies | VIC | Gabriel Ng (ALP) | 1,692.0/km² |
| 37 | Curtin | WA | Kate Chaney (IND) | 1,681.5/km² |
| 38 | Cowan | WA | Anne Aly (ALP) | 1,674.7/km² |
| 39 | Moore | WA | Tom French (ALP) | 1,600.8/km² |
| 40 | Bradfield | NSW | Nicolette Boele (IND) | 1,579.5/km² |
| 41 | Moreton | QLD | Julie-Ann Campbell (ALP) | 1,537.0/km² |
| 42 | Cook | NSW | Simon Kennedy (LP) | 1,533.0/km² |
| 43 | Boothby | SA | Louise Miller-Frost (ALP) | 1,516.6/km² |
| 44 | Swan | WA | Zaneta Mascarenhas (ALP) | 1,426.6/km² |
| 45 | Rankin | QLD | Jim Chalmers (ALP) | 1,425.4/km² |
| 46 | Hindmarsh | SA | Mark Butler (ALP) | 1,409.1/km² |
| 47 | Gellibrand | VIC | Tim Watts (ALP) | 1,317.0/km² |
| 48 | Aston | VIC | Mary Doyle (ALP) | 1,285.6/km² |
| 49 | Bruce | VIC | Julian Hill (ALP) | 1,264.4/km² |
| 50 | Petrie | QLD | Emma Comer (ALP) | 1,219.2/km² |
| 51 | Oxley | QLD | Milton Dick (SPK) | 1,177.2/km² |
| 52 | Jagajaga | VIC | Kate Thwaites (ALP) | 1,157.8/km² |
| 53 | Lilley | QLD | Anika Wells (ALP) | 1,132.2/km² |
| 54 | Lalor | VIC | Joanne Ryan (ALP) | 1,122.5/km² |
| 55 | Makin | SA | Tony Zappia (ALP) | 1,068.5/km² |
| 56 | Dunkley | VIC | Jodie Belyea (ALP) | 1,067.4/km² |
| 57 | Isaacs | VIC | Mark Dreyfus (ALP) | 1,014.8/km² |
| 58 | Kingston | SA | Amanda Rishworth (ALP) | 1,003.7/km² |
| 59 | Calwell | VIC | Basem Abdo (ALP) | 986.5/km² |
| 60 | McMahon | NSW | Chris Bowen (ALP) | 984.5/km² |
| 61 | Scullin | VIC | Andrew Giles (ALP) | 980.9/km² |
| 62 | Newcastle | NSW | Sharon Claydon (ALP) | 958.8/km² |
| 63 | Fremantle | WA | Josh Wilson (ALP) | 860.3/km² |
| 64 | Gorton | VIC | Alice Jordan-Baird (ALP) | 858.0/km² |
| 65 | Burt | WA | Matt Keogh (ALP) | 822.2/km² |
| 66 | Holt | VIC | Cassandra Fernando (ALP) | 742.5/km² |
| 67 | McPherson | QLD | Leon Rebello (LNP) | 713.3/km² |
| 68 | Hasluck | WA | Tania Lawrence (ALP) | 676.3/km² |
| 69 | Macarthur | NSW | Mike Freelander (ALP) | 669.8/km² |
| 70 | Fenner | ACT | Andrew Leigh (ALP) | 665.0/km² |
| 71 | Mackellar | NSW | Sophie Scamps (IND) | 639.6/km² |
| 72 | Brand | WA | Madeleine King (ALP) | 586.9/km² |
| 73 | Lindsay | NSW | Melissa McIntosh (LP) | 577.9/km² |
| 74 | Shortland | NSW | Pat Conroy (ALP) | 563.1/km² |
| 75 | Solomon | NT | Luke Gosling (ALP) | 522.5/km² |
| 76 | Canberra | ACT | Alicia Payne (ALP) | 466.0/km² |
| 77 | Forde | QLD | Rowan Holzberger (ALP) | 463.1/km² |
| 78 | Fadden | QLD | Cameron Caldwell (LNP) | 450.0/km² |
| 79 | Ryan | QLD | Elizabeth Watson-Brown (GRN) | 442.0/km² |
| 80 | Hughes | NSW | David Moncrieff (ALP) | 387.6/km² |
| 81 | Clark | TAS | Andrew Wilkie (IND) | 382.2/km² |
| 82 | Spence | SA | Matt Burnell (ALP) | 352.4/km² |
| 83 | Cunningham | NSW | Alison Byrnes (ALP) | 300.6/km² |
| 84 | Corangamite | VIC | Libby Coker (ALP) | 238.6/km² |
| 85 | Pearce | WA | Tracey Roberts (ALP) | 235.2/km² |
| 86 | Dickson | QLD | Ali France (ALP) | 220.3/km² |
| 87 | Dobell | NSW | Emma McBride (ALP) | 219.4/km² |
| 88 | Berowra | NSW | Julian Leeser (LP) | 191.8/km² |
| 89 | Bowman | QLD | Henry Pike (LNP) | 175.7/km² |
| 90 | Bonner | QLD | Kara Cook (ALP) | 173.4/km² |
| 91 | Paterson | NSW | Meryl Swanson (ALP) | 169.8/km² |
| 92 | Fairfax | QLD | Ted O'Brien (LP) | 168.8/km² |
| 93 | Flinders | VIC | Zoe McKenzie (LP) | 150.0/km² |
| 94 | Robertson | NSW | Gordon Reid (ALP) | 148.4/km² |
| 95 | Longman | QLD | Terry Young (LNP) | 145.2/km² |
| 96 | Fisher | QLD | Andrew Wallace (LNP) | 140.9/km² |
| 97 | Corio | VIC | Richard Marles (ALP) | 130.9/km² |
| 98 | La Trobe | VIC | Jason Wood (LP) | 130.1/km² |
| 99 | Hawke | VIC | Sam Rae (ALP) | 83.3/km² |
| 100 | Bean | ACT | David Smith (ALP) | 79.8/km² |
| 101 | Richmond | NSW | Justine Elliot (ALP) | 78.0/km² |
| 102 | McEwen | VIC | Rob Mitchell (ALP) | 69.9/km² |
| 103 | Hume | NSW | Angus Taylor (LP) | 64.4/km² |
| 104 | Casey | VIC | Aaron Violi (LP) | 60.0/km² |
| 105 | Whitlam | NSW | Carol Berry (ALP) | 55.6/km² |
| 106 | Canning | WA | Andrew Hastie (LP) | 42.8/km² |
| 107 | Macquarie | NSW | Susan Templeman (ALP) | 33.1/km² |
| 108 | Blair | QLD | Shayne Neumann (ALP) | 29.4/km² |
| 109 | Groom | QLD | Garth Hamilton (LNP) | 28.8/km² |
| 110 | Ballarat | VIC | Catherine King (ALP) | 28.6/km² |
| 111 | Gilmore | NSW | Fiona Phillips (ALP) | 25.9/km² |
| 112 | Bendigo | VIC | Lisa Chesters (ALP) | 24.7/km² |
| 113 | Forrest | WA | Ben Small (LP) | 24.4/km² |
| 114 | Wright | QLD | Scott Buchholz (LP) | 24.0/km² |
| 115 | Hunter | NSW | Dan Repacholi (ALP) | 23.9/km² |
| 116 | Cowper | NSW | Pat Conaghan (NAT) | 23.4/km² |
| 117 | Hinkler | QLD | David Batt (LNP) | 20.6/km² |
| 118 | Mayo | SA | Rebekha Sharkie (XEN) | 19.0/km² |
| 119 | Monash | VIC | Mary Aldred (LP) | 17.7/km² |
| 120 | Franklin | TAS | Julie Collins (ALP) | 17.5/km² |
| 121 | Bass | TAS | Jess Teesdale (ALP) | 13.8/km² |
| 122 | Nicholls | VIC | Sam Birrell (NAT) | 11.3/km² |
| 123 | Wide Bay | QLD | Llew O'Brien (NAT) | 10.4/km² |
| 124 | Lyne | NSW | Alison Penfold (NAT) | 9.8/km² |
| 125 | Herbert | QLD | Phillip Thompson (LNP) | 9.2/km² |
| 126 | Page | NSW | Kevin Hogan (NAT) | 8.7/km² |
| 127 | Indi | VIC | Helen Haines (IND) | 5.4/km² |
| 128 | Calare | NSW | Andrew Gee (IND) | 5.2/km² |
| 129 | Braddon | TAS | Anne Urquhart (ALP) | 5.1/km² |
| 130 | Eden-Monaro | NSW | Kristy McBain (ALP) | 5.1/km² |
| 131 | Gippsland | VIC | Darren Chester (NAT) | 4.6/km² |
| 132 | Wannon | VIC | Dan Tehan (LP) | 4.5/km² |
| 133 | Lyons | TAS | Rebecca White (ALP) | 3.5/km² |
| 134 | Riverina | NSW | Michael McCormack (NAT) | 3.1/km² |
| 135 | Barker | SA | Tony Pasin (LP) | 2.6/km² |
| 136 | Dawson | QLD | Andrew Willcox (LNP) | 2.4/km² |
| 137 | New England | NSW | Barnaby Joyce (ON) | 2.1/km² |
| 138 | Mallee | VIC | Anne Webster (NAT) | 2.0/km² |
| 139 | Farrer | NSW | David Farley (ON) | 1.4/km² |
| 140 | Capricornia | QLD | Michelle Landry (NAT) | 1.1/km² |
| 141 | Flynn | QLD | Colin Boyce (LNP) | 1.0/km² |
| 142 | Leichhardt | QLD | Matt Smith (ALP) | 0.6/km² |
| 143 | Parkes | NSW | Jamie Chaffey (NAT) | 0.4/km² |
| 144 | Kennedy | QLD | Bob Katter (KAP) | 0.3/km² |
| 145 | Maranoa | QLD | David Littleproud (NAT) | 0.2/km² |
| 146 | Grey | SA | Tom Venning (LP) | 0.2/km² |
| 147 | O'Connor | WA | Rick Wilson (LP) | 0.2/km² |
| 148 | Durack | WA | Melissa Price (LP) | 0.1/km² |
| 149 | Lingiari | NT | Marion Scrymgour (ALP) | 0.1/km² |
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