Hobart City Council
Elector Poll - Results


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Electors enrolled - 37,718
Declarations returned - 15,990
Response rate - 42.39%

Principal Question

Q: Should the Council support the building height limits and other recommendations made by its planning officers?

Response   YES     NO  
Votes   12,145     3,619  
%   77.04%     22.96%  

Informal    38

Total ballot papers:    15,802



For the further questions, ballot papers were counted as groups determined by the response to the principal question.

Further Questions


Q: Would you prefer the building height limit in Height Area 1 to be lower than 60 metres?

Response YES NO YES NO
Votes 9,200 2,869 1,805 1,800
Totals Informal 76 Total 12,145 Informal 14 Total 3,619
 
% (group) 76.2% 23.8% 50.1% 49.9%
% (poll) 58.2% 18.2% 11.4% 11.4%

Note: of the 38 informal to the principal question: 9 responded Yes and 2 responded no.


Q: Would you prefer the planning schemes remain unchanged?

Response YES NO YES NO
Votes 2,716 9,256 1,923 1,674
Totals Informal 173 Total 12,145 Informal 22 Total 3,619
 
% (group) 22.7% 77.3% 53.5% 46.5%
% (poll) 17.2% 58.6% 12.2% 10.6%

Note: of the 38 informal to the principal question: 9 responded Yes and 6 responded no.


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