New federal electoral divisions in Victoria came into effect from Thursday 17 October 2024.

In Victoria, the boundaries of 34 federal electoral divisions have been altered and the former Division of Higgins has been abolished. Voters who previously lived in the Division of Higgins have been allocated to the surrounding Divisions of Chisholm, Hotham, Kooyong, Macnamara and Melbourne.

Areas which have moved to a different electoral division

From

To

Division of Aston

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Ballarat

  • the Division of Corio – the localities of Maude and Sutherlands Creek

Division of Bendigo

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Bruce

  • the Division of Isaacs – part of the localities of Dandenong and Noble Park

Division of Calwell

  • the Division of McEwen – the locality of Kalkallo
  • the Division of Scullin – part of the localities of Campbellfield, Craigieburn, Fawkner and Somerton

Division of Casey

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Chisholm

  • the Division of Deakin – part of the locality of Burwood East
  • the Division of Hotham – the locality of Notting Hill, and part of the localities of Clayton, Chadstone, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Oakleigh and Wheelers Hill
  • the Division of Menzies – part of the localities of Blackburn, Blackburn South, Box Hill and Box Hill South

Division of Cooper

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Corangamite

  • the Division of Corio – the localities of Bannockburn, Gheringhap, Murgheboluc, Russells Bridge and Stonehaven, and part of the locality of Batesford
  • the Division of Wannon – the localities of Barrabool, Buckley, Gherang, Gnarwarre, Hesse, Inverleigh, Modewarre, Moriac, Mount Moriac, Paraparap and Wurdiboluc, and part of the localities of Freshwater Creek and Wingeel

Division of Corio

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Deakin

  • the Division of Aston – the locality of Kilsyth South, and part of the localities of Bayswater North, Heathmont and Ringwood

Division of Dunkley

  • the Division of Flinders – part of the locality of Mount Eliza

Division of Flinders

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Fraser

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Gellibrand

  • the Division of Fraser – the locality of Spotswood, and part of the localities of Brooklyn, Newport and Yarraville

Division of Gippsland

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Goldstein

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Gorton

  • the Division of Hawke – the locality of Keilor North and part of the locality of Keilor

Division of Hawke

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Higgins
(this electoral division has been abolished)

  • the Division of Chisholm – part of the localities of Ashburton, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Hawthorn East and Malvern East
  • the Division of Hotham – the localities of Carnegie and Murrumbeena, and part of the locality of Ormond
  • the Division of Kooyong – the localities of Armadale, Kooyong, Malvern and Toorak, and part of the localities of Glen Iris, Malvern East and Prahran
  • the Division of Macnamara – part of the locality of Windsor
  • the Division of Melbourne – part of the localities of Prahran and South Yarra

 

* The former Division of Higgins has been abolished.

Division of Holt

  • the Division of Bruce – part of the locality of Cranbourne North

Division of Hotham

  • the Division of Goldstein – part of the localities of Bentleigh and Bentleigh East
  • the Division of Isaacs – the locality of Springvale South, and part of the localities of Clarinda, Clayton South, Dingley Village, Keysborough and Noble Park

Division of Indi

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Isaacs

  • the Division of Dunkley – the localities of Bonbeach, Carrum and Patterson Lakes, and part of the localities of Chelsea and Chelsea Heights
  • the Division of Goldstein – part of the localities of Cheltenham, Highett and Moorabbin

Division of Jagajaga

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Kooyong

  • the Division of Chisholm – part of the localities of Ashburton, Camberwell, Glen Iris and Surrey Hills
  • the Division of Menzies – the localities of Mont Albert and Mont Albert North, and part of the localities of Balwyn, Balwyn North and Surrey Hills

Division of Lalor

  • the Division of Corio – the locality of Cocoroc, and part of the localities of Little River, Mambourin and Werribee
  • the Division of Gellibrand – the locality of Williams Landing, and part of the localities of Point Cook and Truganina
  • the Division of Hawke – the locality of Quandong, and part of the localities of Eynesbury, Manor Lakes and Wyndham Vale

Division of La Trobe

  • the Division of Bruce – part of the localities of Beaconsfield, Berwick and Harkaway

Division of McEwen

  • the Division of Casey – the localities of Bend of Islands, Christmas Hills and Smiths Gully, and part of the localities of Kangaroo Ground, Kinglake, Panton Hill, St Andrews and Watsons Creek
  • the Division of Nicholls – the localities of Forbes, Kilmore, Kilmore East, Moranding and Willowmavin
  • the Division of Scullin – part of the locality of Wollert

Division of Macnamara

  • the Division of Melbourne – part of the localities of Melbourne and South Yarra

Division of Mallee

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Maribyrnong

  • the Division of Hawke – part of the localities of Keilor, Keilor Park, Melbourne Airport and Tullamarine
  • the Division of Melbourne – part of the localities of Flemington and Travancore
  • the Division of Wills – part of the localities of Moonee Ponds and Strathmore

Division of Melbourne

  • the Division of Cooper – the locality of Clifton Hill
  • the Division of Maribyrnong – part of the locality of Parkville
  • the Division of Wills – the localities of Carlton North and Princes Hill, and part of the localities of Brunswick East and Fitzroy North

Division of Menzies

  • the Division of Casey – part of the locality of Wonga Park
  • the Division of Deakin – part of the localities of Blackburn, Blackburn North, Donvale, Mitcham, Nunawading, Park Orchards, Ringwood North and Warrandyte South
  • the Division of Jagajaga – part of the locality of North Warrandyte

Division of Monash

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Nicholls

  • the Division of Bendigo – the localities of Bonn, Diggora, Fairy Dell, Nulla Vale, Pyalong, Rochester and Tennyson and Tooborac, and part of the locality of Milloo

Division of Scullin

  • the Division of Jagajaga – part of the locality of Bundoora
  • the Division of McEwen – part of the locality of Mernda

Division of Wannon

  • no changes have been made to this electoral division which result in the transfer of voters to another electoral division

Division of Wills

  • the Division of Maribyrnong – part of the localities of Brunswick West, Glenroy, Oak Park, Pascoe Vale and Pascoe Vale South

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Updated: 28 January 2025