 Calare Electorate Profile
State: New South Wales
Status: Current, boundary gazetted 22 December 2009 (former divisional profile)
Contact the Calare AEC divisional office
Name Derivation: Named after the Aboriginal name for the Lachlan River.
Size and Location Description: Calare covers an area of approximately 30,526 sq km from Lithgow in the east to Tullamore in the west, Parkes Shire, Cabonne, Bathurst Regional and Lithgow City councils in the north to Forbes Shire, Blayney Shire and Oberon councils in the south. The main cities and towns include Bathurst, Blayney, Canowindra, Eugowra, Forbes, Lithgow, Molong, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Peak Hill, Portland, Wallerawang and Yeoval.
Map of Division: Click here to visit Maps page on this website
Electorate Profile: Click here to Download [PDF 303KB] , or visit http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/c/Calare.htm
Products/Industries of the Area: Mining, mixed farming, fruit, timber, vineyards, meat and wool processing, transport, light engineering, white goods manufacturing, tertiary education services, agricultural and pastoral support.
First Proclaimed/Election: 1906
Demographic Rating: Rural
Members:
- Cobb, J (NP) 2007-
- Andren, P (IND) 1996-2007
- Simmons, D W (ALP) 1983-1996
- MacKenzie, A J (NCP/NP) 1975-1983
- England, J A (CP/NCP) 1960-1975
- Howse, J B (LP) 1946-1960
- Breen, J P (ALP) 1940-1946
- Thorby, H V (CP) 1931-1940
- Gibbons, G A (ALP) 1929-1931
- Howse, N R (NAT) 1922-1929
- Lavelle, T J (ALP) 1919-1922
- Pigott, H R M (LIB/NAT) 1913-1919
- Brown, T (ALP) 1906-1913
ABS provides further information on the Electorate of Calare. The Community Profile Series contains six separate profiles aimed at providing key census characteristics relating to persons, families and dwellings and covering most topics on the census form. The profiles are excellent tools for researching, planning and analysing small and large geographic areas. They enable comparisons to be made between different geographic areas on a number of social, economic and demographic variables
The following data is available for the selected location:
- www.censusdata.abs.gov.au website
- Basic Community Profile
Basic demographic information for an area, including age, ancestry, income, education, family type and more. The data is based on place of usual residence.
- Place of Enumeration Profile
Basic demographic information for an area, including age, ancestry, income, education, family type and more. The data is based on place of enumeration
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