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Canberra

Canberra is a federal electorate in the Australian Capital Territory, held by Alicia Payne of the Australian Labor Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 19.52 points — a safe seat.

Member for Canberra

Alicia Payne

Australian Labor Party

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

  • Alicia PAYNEAustralian Labor Party69.52%64,936 votes
  • Isabel MUDFORDAustralian Greens30.48%28,469 votes
Margin
19.52%
Safe
Two-party-preferred swing
+3.96%
to Australian Labor Party
Turnout
92.70%
102,942 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

  • Labor48.3%
  • Greens19.8%
  • Coalition18.3%
  • Independents10.9%
  • Minor parties2.7%

Suburbs in Canberra

45 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 3of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • Kaleen
  • Bruce (ACT)
  • Watson
  • Campbell
  • Kingston (ACT)
  • Narrabundah
  • Braddon
  • O'Connor (ACT)
  • Lyneham
  • Curtin
  • Ainslie
  • Griffith (ACT)
  • City
  • Turner
  • Downer
  • Garran
  • Giralang
  • Dickson
  • Lyons (ACT)
  • Hackett
  • Hughes (ACT)
  • Red Hill (ACT)
  • Deakin
  • Yarralumla
  • Macquarie
  • Hawker (ACT)
  • Cook
  • Acton (ACT)
  • Weetangera
  • Lawson (ACT)
  • Aranda
  • Barton
  • Forrest (ACT)
  • Reid (ACT)
  • Oaks Estate
  • Symonston 53%
  • ACT Remainder - Majura
  • Pialligo
  • Canberra Airport
  • Fyshwick
  • ACT Remainder - Kowen
  • ACT Remainder - Molonglo Valley 77%
  • ACT Remainder - Belconnen 7%
  • Beard
  • Capital Hill

Postcodes in Canberra

13 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 7of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • 2602
  • 2617 56%
  • 2612
  • 2614 70%
  • 2604
  • 2605
  • 2603
  • 2600 99%
  • 2601
  • 2606 27%
  • 2609 73%
  • 2620 1%
  • 2611 0%

Where this comes from

  • Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
  • Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
  • These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.