Division Profile

Division Name

MAYO

State

South Australia

Elected Member

Downer, A (LP) 1984-

Name Derivation

Named after Helen Mayo 1878-1967, co-founder of the Mothers' and Babies' Health Association in 1927 and first woman elected to a University Council of Australia in 1914.

First Proclaimed / Election

1984

Area

9190 sq. kms

Demographic

Rural

Seat Status

Safe

Enrolment

91,418

Turnout

95.21%

Informal

4.64%

Location

Mayo covers an area of approximately 9 190 sq km from Williamstown and Springton in the North to Goolwa in the South. It includes the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and also Kangaroo Island. The metropolitan suburb of Aberfoyle Park is in this division. The country towns include Birdwood, Bridgewater, Crafers, Echunga, Gumeracha, Hahndorf, Langhorne Creek, Lobethal, Macclesfield, Mount Barker, Myponga, Oakbank, Stirling, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor, Woodside and Yankalilla.

Products and Industry

Dairying, beef, sheep, apples, pears, cherries, smallgoods, Kanmantoo copper mines, Jupiter Creek goldfields, forestry, natural spring water, wine, cereals, tourism and the army barracks at Woodside.

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