Division of Fowler

Fowler Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fowler in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Chris Hayes
Party	Labor
Namesake	Lilian Fowler
Electors	106,975 (2019)
Area	69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Fowler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

History

Lilian Fowler, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Lilian Fowler, the first female mayor in Australia.

The division includes the suburbs of Cabramatta, Cabramatta West, Canley Heights, Chipping Norton, Edensor Park, Fairfield East, Greenfield Park, Liverpool, St Johns Park, Wakeley, and Warwick Farm; as well as parts of Abbotsbury, Bonnyrigg, Bossley Park, Canley Vale, Carramar, Fairfield, Fairfield West, Guildford, Moorebank, Mount Pritchard, Prairiewood, and Yennora.

The Member for Fowler, since the 2010 federal election, is Chris Hayes, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

As of 2019, according to research performed by the ABC, Fowler is the most economically disadvantaged electorate in Australia.

Demographic (2016 Census)

Population

The 2016 population of the Division of Fowler was 165,164 people.

People Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night	Fowler	%
Male	80,936	49.3
Female	83,295	50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	1,333	0.8
Total	165,164	100

The Division of Fowler is one of Australia's most multicultural communities with a very high percentage of migrants and first generation Australians. As at the Australian 2016 Census the breakdown of country of birth was;

Country of birth	Fowler	%
Australia	65,666	40.0
Other top responses
Vietnam	24,999	15.2
Iraq	11,246	6.8
Cambodia	5,568	3.4
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	3,577	2.2
India	2,589	1.6

Highlighting Fowler's high multicultural population as compared the general Australia population. 76.1% of population of Fowler had both parents born overseas. While the general percentage of all Australians with both parents born overseas is 47%.

Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses	Fowler	%	New South Wales	%	Australia	%
Both parents born overseas	124,918	76.1	2,764,170	37.0	8,051,196	34.4
Father only born overseas	5,448	3.3	458,394	6.1	1,488,092	6.4
Mother only born overseas	3,991	2.4	325,182	4.3	1,094,591	4.7
Both parents born in Australia	18,096	11.0	3,399,725	45.4	11,070,538	47.3

Median Weekly Income

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fowler (Commonwealth Electoral Divisions) was $452.

Median weekly incomes People aged 15 years and over	Fowler	%	New South Wales	%	Australia	%
Personal	452	--	664	--	662	--
Family	1,275	--	1,780	--	1,734	--
Household	1,212	--	1,486	--	1,438	--

People Employment

There were 66,978 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fowler (Commonwealth Electoral Divisions). Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 10.5% were unemployed. Unemployment is significantly higher that the NSW State figure of 6.3% and the National figure of 6.9%

Employment People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over	Fowler	%	New South Wales	%	Australia	%
Worked full-time	37,975	56.7	2,134,521	59.2	6,623,065	57.7
Worked part-time	18,565	27.7	1,071,151	29.7	3,491,503	30.4
Away from work	3,425	5.1	174,654	4.8	569,276	5.0
Unemployed	7,013	10.5	225,546	6.3	787,452	6.9

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Ted Grace (1931–)	Labor	1 December 1984 – 31 August 1998	Retired
		Julia Irwin (1951–)	Labor	3 October 1998 – 19 July 2010	Retired
		Chris Hayes (1955–)	Labor	21 August 2010 – present	Previously held the Division of Werriwa. Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Gillard and Rudd. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Fowler

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Fowler.[edit]

2019 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hayes	45,627	54.54	−6.28
	Liberal	Wayne Blewitt	25,137	30.05	+4.32
	Christian Democrats	Francesca Mocanu	4,643	5.55	−0.10
	Greens	Seamus Lee	4,633	5.54	−0.67
	United Australia	Joshua Jabbour	3,624	4.33	+4.33
Total formal votes			83,664	86.89	−2.70
Informal votes			12,624	13.11	+2.70
Turnout			96,288	90.04	+0.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hayes	53,540	63.99	−3.50
	Liberal	Wayne Blewitt	30,124	36.01	+3.50
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.50

External links

• Division of Fowler - Australian Electoral Commission