Australia’s wealthiest postcodes voted overwhelmingly for Voice to Parliament, while poorer towns in remote areas said “no” loudly, including in seats with large Aboriginal populations.

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How Australia’s richest suburbs voted on The Voice How the poorest suburbs voted for The Voice

While seats with views of Sydney Harbor and those in downtown Melbourne almost all voted yes on Saturday, some of the country’s wealthiest suburbs still voted “no”, according to analysis of the results of the vote.

Meanwhile, poorer towns in remote areas have categorically rejected the idea of an indigenous voice to Parliament in the Constitution. One rural booth even reported a 96 percent no vote – almost unanimous.

Lawyer and former political campaign manager Greg Barns said Voice’s defeat over the weekend had highlighted the deep divisions in Australia.

“The fault lines are still there,” he told Daily Mail Australia.

“This division now is not only an economic division but also a cultural division.”

Mr Barns said voters in wealthy electorates were more likely to engage in politics, making them more open-minded when it comes to proposed constitutional amendments.

How Australia’s richest suburbs voted on The Voice

In Double Bay, Sydney – part of Australia’s richest postcode with an average taxable income of $266,381 and often nicknamed “Double Pay” – support for Yes was 56.5 per cent, results showed of the Australian Electoral Commission.

But in neighboring Dover Heights, which has Australia’s second highest average taxable income at $230,597, they narrowly voted no, with 50.8 per cent against The Voice.

Both suburbs occupy the same seat, Wentworth – held by “turquoise” independent Allegra Spender – who voted yes overall.

Australia’s richest postcodes overwhelmingly voted for The Voice while poorer remote towns said No very loudly (pictured is teal independent MP Allegra Spender – second from right – with the former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull – far left, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and former Sydney Lord Mayor Lucy Turnbull)

In Perth’s elite western suburbs, Cottesloe backed Voice with 53 per cent support in a postcode that is home to billionaire Andrew Forrest and has an average taxable income of $229,805.

This seaside postcode is part of Kate Chaney’s Curtin electorate, who backed The Voice with 50.7 per cent support.

In Toorak, Melbourne’s wealthiest suburb, now located in the Labor seat of Higgins, 59 per cent of voters at its largest booth backed The Voice. The suburb has an average taxable income of $222,967.

This figure was slightly lower than the 60.1 percent of the entire electorate in favor of The Voice.

On the edge of Port Phillip Bay, 53.6 per cent of voters in Portsea voted no, in a postcode with an average taxable income of $221,236. The Liberal seat of Flinders rejected The Voice with 57.9 per cent negative responses.

The next three suburbs on the rich list – all in the Wentworth electorate – backed The Voice.

Bellevue Hill, whose average taxable income is $218,902, voted overwhelmingly for The Voice with 61.4 percent support.

In Darling Point, with an average taxable income of $218,528, 53.4 per cent of voters supported the Yes side.

In neighboring Woollahra, with a taxable income of $212,881, 66.5 per cent of voters voted yes.

In Sydney’s Middle Harbour, 63.1 per cent of voters in Northbridge, with a taxable income of $191,225, supported Voice. He is part of Kylea Tink’s independent electorate in North Sydney, which backed Voice with 59.3 per cent support.

A few suburbs away, in Mosman, 59.7 per cent of voters supported Yes, in a suburb with an average taxable income of $188,324. This suburb of Sydney’s Habour, on the north coast, reflected the mood of Zali Steggall’s independent Warringah electorate, which recorded a 58.8 per cent yes vote.

Only 27 electorates voted yes, including all seven teal electorates, all four Greens seats and a single Liberal electorate, Bradfield, on Sydney’s north shore.

How the poorest suburbs voted for The Voice

The most significant results of the no vote were in Parkes, the Nationals’ safe seat in north-west New South Wales.

While Parkes overwhelmingly rejected the Voice, with 79.4 percent voting no, the rejection was even stronger in a range of small, very low-income towns.

The polling station in the small town of Bellata recorded a 95.7 percent no vote, with only six voters supporting yes out of 141 people.

The average taxable income here is $35,343 – significantly below the minimum wage of $45,906 – but that’s also based on farmers claiming big losses to reduce their taxable income.

The small town of Mungindi, on the New South Wales-Queensland border, recorded an 81.9 per cent no vote, in a place where the average taxable income is $36,887.

On the Queensland side, the Southern Downs town of Dalveen, with an average taxable income of $36,707, had an 84.4 per cent no vote, with just 23 out of 147 yes voters casting ballots.

This was in line with the 84.8 per cent no vote in the seat of Maranoa, led by National leader David Littleproud.

Isolated towns home to workers whose wages are well below the country’s minimum wage have flatly rejected the idea of an indigenous voice in Parliament in the Constitution.

In the large rural Liberal electorate of Grey, South Australia, 78.4 per cent of voters rejected The Voice.

But in Arno Bay, on the Eyre Peninsula, 86.9 per cent of voters voted no, with just 28 people voting yes out of 214 voters.

The average taxable income in this zip code is $32,969.

In the Northern Territory, Katherine voted no by 61.6 per cent in a large postcode with an average taxable income of $45,509.

A quarter of this city’s 25.5 percent population is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin.

That no vote here was higher than Lingiari’s 55.7 per cent, held by Labour, in an electorate that spans the NT outside Darwin.

As in the 1999 republic referendum, Australia’s wealthier postcodes supported the change, setting them apart from the rest of Australia.

Just like 24 years ago, all states voted no, only the Australian Capital Territory voted yes – and it is the state or territory with the highest household income at $149,344 per year, during the last census.

But there were some pockets of yes support among rural and regional electorates who overwhelmingly voted no.

In the large rural Liberal electorate of Grey, South Australia, 78.4 per cent of voters rejected The Voice. But in Arno Bay, on the Eyre Peninsula, 86.9 per cent of voters voted no, with just 28 people voting yes out of 214 voters.

Byron Bay, with an average taxable income of $74,631 in its postcode, had a 72 per cent yes vote, even as the Labor seat of Richmond voted no with a total of 56.8 per cent.

Nimbin, in northern New South Wales, best known for its marijuana and alternative lifestyles, had a 65 per cent yes vote while the national seat of Page had a 68 per cent no vote .

The postcode’s average taxable income of $53,011 is well below Australia’s median income of $65,000, suggesting not all values are based on wealth.

In the Liberal electorate of Herbert, in north Queensland, the no vote was 76.1 per cent, including in the largest polling booth in Townsville.

But in the Palm Island booth, 75 percent of voters supported Yes, in a town of 1,918 where 91.4 percent of the population is indigenous.

The two regions are united by the postcode – 4816 – and an average taxable salary of $59,544, which is on the lower end of Australia’s average income.