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Calwell

Results and projection across recent federal elections.

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Seat-level trend · Outer-metropolitan seats

Projection for Calwell

ALP
34.2%
ONP
18.1%
LIB
12.6%
GRN
9.1%
IND
6.0%

The line traces Calwell's real 2025 primary vote forward using the polling trend for outer-metropolitan seats nationally — not a poll of this seat specifically, and that category has only around 28 polls tracked over 14 months across every seat of its kind in the country, so read the shape of the line as directional, not a precise forecast. The actual 2028 projection number (shown at the end of the line, in the table below, and everywhere else on the site) also blends in Vic.'s own state-level polling 50/50 with this classification trend — the chart just doesn't visualize that second component, so the end of the line glides onto the real, state-blended number over its final stretch rather than matching the classification-only shape exactly. There's only one projection number for Calwell, this is just showing how the polling got there. There's no outer-metropolitan-seat polling for a specific independent or Community Strong Australia candidate the way there is for the four parties, so the Moore (Independent) line is a straight glide from Calwell's 2025 primary vote to its 2028 projection, not a poll trend.

Labor wins in 76% of simulations
Labor 57.1%
Independent 42.9%

Two-candidate-preferred, 2028 projection — the top two contenders are recalculated from the projected primary votes above (so a surging party can break into contention even if it wasn't one of the top two last election), and every other party's vote is distributed between them as preferences using standard flow assumptions, not seat-specific sourced preference data. The win-probability figure above comes from a separate 10,000-run Monte Carlo simulation (see the Election Map page for methodology) built on this same TCP margin — it's how often that margin survives national polling uncertainty plus seat-level noise, not a different projection.

Get to know the electorate

Calwell

8.4%
Unemployment rate
3.3pt above Australia's 5.1% average
Classification
Outer-metropolitan
Created
1984
Size
191 km²
Current member
Basem Abdo (Labor)
Population
188,482
Median age
32
Median household income
$1,681/wk
Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander
0.7%

Ancestry

European
19.4%
Australian
15.1%
Middle Eastern
8.5%
Asian
7.8%

People could report up to two ancestries. Grouped by region from the ABS's own top-5 responses for this seat — smaller regions outside that list aren't counted.

Language spoken at home

English only
35.2%
Arabic
11.3%
Turkish
7.7%
Punjabi
6.5%
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
4.3%

Language spoken most often at home.

Religious affiliation

Christian
26.6%
Islam
23.8%
No Religion
13.9%
Hinduism
5.9%

All people. Christian combines denominations in the ABS's own top-5 responses for this seat — smaller denominations outside that list aren't counted. Other faiths shown individually.

Education (highest level attained)

High School
43%
TAFE Educated
22.5%
University Educated
20.9%

People aged 15+. University Educated: Bachelor degree or higher. TAFE Educated: Certificate or Diploma. High School: no further qualification.

Housing

Owned (Active Mortgage)
49%
Renting
27%
Owned (No Mortgage)
21%

Households. Owned (No Mortgage) / Owned (Active Mortgage) / Renting.

Occupation

Blue collar
50%
White collar
47%

Employed people (15+). White collar: Managers, Professionals, Clerical & Administrative, Sales. Blue collar: Trades, Community & Personal Service, Machinery Operators, Labourers.

Past Results | Calwell

20222025Projection
ALP44.9%30.5%34.2%
LIB23.7%15.7%12.6%
GRN9.7%8.3%9.1%
ONP7.0%3.8%18.1%
Independent0.0%18.1%12.2%
Other14.7%11.7%7.7%
Moore (Independent)—11.9%6.0%

Latest update: 2 October 2026