Federal electorate · New South Wales

Kingsford Smith

Kingsford Smith is a federal electorate in New South Wales, held by Matt Thistlethwaite of the Australian Labor Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 17.19 points — a safe seat.

Member for Kingsford Smith

Matt Thistlethwaite

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.

Matt THISTLETHWAITELabor67.19%66,604 votes
Brad COLELiberal32.81%32,528 votes

Margin

17.19%

Safe

Two-party-preferred swing

+3.88%

to Australian Labor Party

Turnout

89.66%

117,399 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.

Labor50.8%
Coalition26.2%
Greens13.6%
One Nation5.9%
Independents3.6%

Suburbs in Kingsford Smith

27 suburbs and localities 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.

Maroubra
Mascot
Kingsford (NSW)
Botany
Randwick 44%
Kensington (NSW)
Coogee (NSW) 80%
Matraville
Brighton-Le-Sands 99%
Eastlakes
Hillsdale
South Coogee
Little Bay
Malabar
Monterey
Eastgardens
Pagewood
Chifley (NSW)
Rosebery (NSW) 19%
Ramsgate Beach 100%
Daceyville
Kyeemagh
Phillip Bay
Banksmeadow
La Perouse
Moore Park 55%
Rockdale 0%

Postcodes in Kingsford Smith

12 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 6of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

2035
2036
2020
2034 86%
2032
2019
2031 38%
2033
2216 33%
2018 45%
2217 22%
2021 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.