Your Guide to Geelong's Federal Electorates

The Geelong metropolitan area is represented by two primary federal electorates — Corio covering the inner city and northern suburbs, and Corangamite covering the Bellarine Peninsula and southern corridor — with the Surf Coast and Moorabool communities falling into adjacent Flinders and other electorates.

Division of Corio — covering the Geelong CBD, North Geelong, Corio, Norlane, and the industrial northern suburbs including the Avalon Airport corridor. Corio is a safe Labor seat reflecting the working-class and industrial employment character of the northern Geelong suburbs, including the legacy of Ford's Broadmeadows and Geelong manufacturing history. The NDIS Agency's national headquarters at Deakin University's Geelong Waterfront campus represents a significant federal employment presence within the electorate.

Division of Corangamite — covering the Bellarine Peninsula (Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads, Queenscliff), Armstrong Creek, Surf Coast, and the southern Geelong suburbs. Corangamite is one of Victoria's most marginal federal seats and has changed hands between Labor and Liberal in multiple recent elections. The seat's marginal character reflects its diverse demographic mix of beach lifestyle residents, farmers, and the growing Armstrong Creek family housing community.

NDIS significance — the National Disability Insurance Agency's national headquarters in Geelong employs thousands of public servants and represents the most significant federal government employment presence in any Victorian regional city. Federal NDIS policy has direct economic relevance to Geelong in a way that it does not for most regional cities.

Avalon Airport — the Avalon Airport in the northern Corio electorate is a federal infrastructure asset that receives periodic government attention as a potential second Melbourne airport. The airport's role in aviation and defence is a recurring federal infrastructure discussion for Geelong's federal representatives.

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