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Liberal Party Labor Party Xenophon Team Total
Old Boundaries 4 6 1 11
New Boundaries 4 5 1 10
Summary of Changes to Electorates and Margins
Electorate Old Margin % New Margin % Comments
Adelaide ALP 4.7 ALP 8.3 Shifts west with the abolition of Port Adelaide. Eastern boundary moves west from Portrush Road to Hackney Road, moving suburbs from Joslin through Norwood to Dulwich into Sturt. Areas east of Marion Road transferred from Hindmarsh, and Croydon and areas east of Hanson Road, David Terrace and East Avenue moved from Port Adelaide. Loses Clarence Park, Millswood and Black Forest to Boothby.
Barker LIB 15.2 v ALP
LIB 4.7 v NXT
LIB 13.9 v ALP
LIB 3.4 v NXT
Extends north of Adelaide. Gains Mount Pleasant and Springton from Mayo. Gains Lyndoch, Kapunda and parts of Light Council from Wakefield.
Boothby LIB 3.5 LIB 2.7 Shifts north with the abokition of Port Adelaide. Loses Aberfoyle Park and Flagstaff Hill to Kingston. Loses Hawthordene and Craigburn Farm to Mayo. Gains Glenelg and everything south of the Glenelg Tramway as far east as Millswood from Hindmarsh and Adelaide.
Grey LIB 8.6 v ALP
LIB 2.0 v NXT
LIB 7.8 v ALP
LIB 1.1 v NXT
Southern boundary now extends to the edge of Adelaide. Gains the Clare and Gilbert, Adelaide Plains and Wakefield council areas from Wakefield.
Hindmarsh ALP 0.6 ALP 8.4 Moves north and absorbs much of the abolished seat of Port Adelaide. Loses Glenelg and everything south of the Glenelg Tramway to Boothby. Gains the port district, Lefevre Peninsula and everything west of Hanson Road, David Terrace and East Avenue from abolished Port Adelaide. Suburbs east of Marion Road transferred to Adelaide. Contains roughly equal numbers of voters from both Hindmarsh and Port Adelaide.
Kingston ALP 17.1 ALP 13.6 Loses Port Willunga, Aldinga, Aldinga Beach and Sellicks Beach to Mayo. Gains Aberfoyle Park and Flagstaff Hill from Boothby.
Makin ALP 9.7 ALP 10.8 Shifts east and gains Parafield Gardens from Port Adelaide.
Mayo NXT 5.0 v LIB
LIB 5.4 v ALP
NXT 2.9 v LIB
LIB 3.3 v ALP
Gains Port Willunga, Aldinga, Aldinga Beach and Sellicks Beach from Kingston. Loses Mount Pleasant and Springton to Barker.
Port Adelaide ALP 19.9 v LIB
ALP 14.9 v NXT
Abolished The port district, Lefevre Peninsula and everything west of Hanson Road, David Terrace and East Avenue are transferred to Hindmarsh. Croydon and suburbs to the east of those roads are now in Adelaide. Parafield Gardens is moved to Makin, Salisbury, Paralowie, Burton and Direk to Spence (formerly Wakefield).
Spence
(formerly Wakefield)
ALP 11.0 ALP 17.2 Loses all the rural parts of the former electorate to Grey and Barker. Gains Salisbury, Paralowie, Burton and Direk from Port Adelaide.
Sturt LIB 5.9 v ALP LIB 5.4 Western boundary moves west from Portrush Road to Hackney road, taking in suburbs from Joslin through Norwood to Dulwich from Adelaide.

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