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Leichhardt

Results and projection across recent federal elections.

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Projection for Leichhardt

ONP
30.1%
ALP
27.9%
LNP
16.1%
GRN
11.4%

The line traces Leichhardt's real 2025 primary vote forward using the polling trend for rural 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 Qld.'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 Leichhardt, this is just showing how the polling got there.

One Nation wins in 43% of simulations
One Nation 52.3%
Labor 47.7%

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

Leichhardt

6.2%
Unemployment rate
1.1pt above Australia's 5.1% average
Classification
Rural
Created
1949
Size
148,559 km²
Current member
Matt Smith (Labor)
Population
175,620
Median age
39
Median household income
$1,513/wk
Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander
16.3%

Ancestry

European
50.2%
Australian
26.9%
Indigenous
10.9%

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
71.7%
Yumplatok
3.8%
Japanese
1.3%
Mandarin
0.6%
Creole
0.6%

Language spoken most often at home.

Religious affiliation

No Religion
40.5%
Christian
32.3%

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
36%
TAFE Educated
29.3%
University Educated
19%

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

Housing

Renting
39%
Owned (Active Mortgage)
31%
Owned (No Mortgage)
26%

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

Occupation

White collar
53%
Blue collar
45%

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

Past Results | Leichhardt

20222025Projection
ALP27.6%36.5%27.9%
LNP36.7%27.3%16.1%
GRN10.0%9.3%11.4%
ONP7.4%8.0%30.1%
Other18.3%10.8%7.1%
Katter's Australian Party—6.3%6.3%
Independent0.0%1.8%1.1%

Latest update: 2 October 2026