Informal House of Representatives ballot paper survey, 2001 federal election, Division of Sydney

Sydney, New South Wales

Demographic rating: Inner Metro		%
Enrolled	86 143
Turnout	77 651	90.14
Number of static polling booths	49
Number of special hospital teams	3
Number of pre poll centres	2
ALP TCP	48 363	65.04
LP TCP	25 996	34.96
Informal	3 292	4.24

Informal votes by category

Category	Ballot papers	%
Blanks	682	20.72
Number '1' only	1 294	39.31
Ticks and crosses	626	19.02
Langer style	5	0.15
Non sequential	292	8.87
Voter identified	0	0.00
Marks	377	11.45
Slogans making numbering illegible	9	0.27
Other	7	0.21
Total	3 292

Specific data

		Total votes	Total informal	%
Highest % informal polling place	Redfern	1 855	216	11.64
Lowest % informal polling place	St Vincents Hospital	280	2	0.71
Absent votes		8 032	332	4.13
Postal votes		2 262	38	1.68
Pre poll votes		5 152	146	2.83
Provisional votes		946	53	5.6