Research Report 9 - Pilot Project on Informality in Port Adelaide: Appendix A

Updated: 30 May 2013

Appendix A Summary of Targeted Polling Places

Table 2: Allenby Gardens
Allenby Gardens

Percent of electors who received letters: 87.8%

Category of Informality
% of total informality

2001
% of total informality

2004
% points swing

Blanks 26.25% 19.75% -6.50%
Number '1' Only 25.00% 40.74% 15.74%
Ticks and Crosses 16.25% 18.52% 2.27%
Non-sequential 27.50% 11.11% -16.39%
Voter Identified 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Marks 5.00% 2.47% -2.53%
Slogans making numbers illegible 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Incomplete Numbering (not tallied separately in 2001) N/A 4.94% N/A
Langer Style / Other [13] 0.00% 2.47% N/A
Overall level of informality 6.91% 6.40% -0.51%

Table 3: Ferryden Park
Ferryden Park

Percent of electors who received letters: 30.20%

Category of Informality
% of total informality

2001
% of total informalit

2004
% points swing

Blanks 19.64% 19.61% -0.03%
Number '1' Only 24.11% 35.29% 9.18%
Ticks and Crosses 18.75% 14.71% -4.04%
Non-sequential 29.46% 18.63% -10.83%
Voter Identified 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Marks 8.04% 6.86% -1.18%
Slogans making numbers illegible 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Incomplete Numbering (not tallied separately in 2001) N/A 1.96% N/A
Langer Style/Other 0.00% 2.94% N/A
Overall Level of Informality 8.15% 7.86% -0.29%

Summary of targeted Polling places

Table 4: Findon North
Findon North

Percent of electors who received letters: 42.90%

Category of Informality
% of total informality

2001
% of total informality

2004
% points swing
Blanks 19.78% 23.08% 3.30%
Number '1' Only 39.56% 34.62% -4.94%
Ticks and Crosses 18.68% 12.82% -6.06%
Non-sequential 19.78% 16.67 % -3.11%
Voter Identified 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Marks 1.10% 8.33% 7.23%
Slogans making numbers illegible 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Incomplete Numbering (not tallied separately in 2001) N/A 4.94% N/A
Langer Style/Other * 1.10% 2.47% N/A
Overall level of informality 8.18% 7.58% -0.60%

Table 5: Pennington
Pennington

Percent of electors who received letters: 72.80%

Category of Informality
% of total informality

2001
% of total informality

2004
% points swing

Blanks 14.04% 22.48% 8.44%
Number '1' Only 43.86% 25.58% -18.28%
Ticks and Crosses 19.30% 23.26% 3.96%
Non-sequential 15.79% 19.38% 3.59%
Voter Identified 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Marks 5.26% 4.65% -0.61%
Slogans making numbers illegible 1.75% 0.78% -0.97%
Incomplete Numbering (not tallied separately in 2001) N/A 3.10% N/A
Langer Style / Other 0.00% 0.78% N/A
Overall level of informality 8.96% 7.48% -1.48%
Table 6: Woodville Gardens
Woodville Gardens

Percent of electors who received letters: 61.10%

Category of Informality
% of total informality

2001
% of total informality

2004
% points swing

Blanks 28.80% 23.43% -5.37%
Number '1' Only 32.00% 23.43% -8.57%
Ticks and Crosses 15.20% 15.43% 0.23%
Non-sequential 17.60% 21.14% 3.54%
Voter Identified 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Marks 6.40% 4.00% - 2.40%
Slogans making numbers illegible 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Incomplete Numbering (not tallied separately in 2001) N/A 5.71% N/A
Langer Style/Other 0.00% 6.86% N/A
Overall level of informality 9.57% 8.11% -1.46%

Table 7: Summary of the Division of Port Adelaide
  2001 2004
Total number of votes cast: 82011 92179
Total number of informal votes: 5627 6522
Percentage of Informality: 6.86% 7.08%
Number of Candidates 6 6
 
Category of Informality 2001 ballots % of total informality 2004 ballots % of total informality % points swing
Blanks 1179 20.95% 1449 22.22% 1.26%
Number '1' Only 1888 33.55% 2033 31.17% -2.96%
Ticks and Crosses 817 14.52% 1140 17.48% 2.96%
Langer Style * 16 0.28% N/A N/A N/A
Non-sequential 1071 19.09% 746 11.44% -7.65%
Voter Identified 0 0.00% 8 0.12% 0.12%
Marks 643 11.43% 579 8.88% -2.55%
Slogans making numbers illegible 10 0.18% 25 0.38% 0.21%
Other *
(includes other symbols)
0 0.00% 286 4.39% 4.39%
Incomplete Numbering (grouped with 'Other' in 2001) N/A N/A 256 3.93% N/A
Highest % Informal Polling place 2004 Royal Park 1601 10.56%
Lowest % Informal Polling Place 2004 Croyden 896 4.16%

  1. In 2001, the "other" category was not tallied at the polling station level; In 2004, Langer-style votes would have been counted as non-sequential.