Federal election returns 1977 and 1976 census summary file, merged data : user's guide for the machine-readable data file / ... prepared by Social Science Data Archives.

Abstract

In this dataset, data from the 1976 census are matched to results in the 1977 federal election, according to the federal electoral divisions which existed prior to the 19 77 boundary redistribution. For each electoral division, the following nformation on the population is available: gender, racial origin, labour force participation, occupational status, occupation, employment sector, age, birthplace, languages spoken, parents' birthplace, citizenship/residence in Australia, religion, schooling, educational level attained, highest qualifications obtained, annual personal, family andhousehold income, social security, pensions, physical characteristics of the dwelling, occupancy status, rent/mortgages and motor vehicles at the dwelling.