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Vienna’s electorate gap The shrinking electorate of Vienna Share of population at voting age (1971–2015) but ineligible to vote (1971–2015) The population of Vienna has been growing since the late 1980s. The share of foreign nationals at voting age has increased Vienna Population growth even accelerated after the year 2000, driven by and so has the share of people who are of age to 25% total population increasing international immigration. These new arrivals are usually vote but ineligible to do so: from 4% in 1971 to electorate 14.4% ineligible to vote, as only Austrian nationals are enfranchised, and so 16% in 2002 and 25% in 2015. 20% both the share and the number of people of voting age who are 16% ineligible to vote has risen. 15% increase → | 4.5% Vienna’s – i.e. the number or share of people of voting ← electorate gap 10% 2007: Lowering of age not eligible to vote – is increasing because the growth of the the voting age electorate cannot keep up with the city's overall population growth. 5% decrease 4% from 18 to 16 years The total population has increased by 11% between 1971 and 2015, and yet the electorate has decreased by 10% over the same period. 0% 2002 2015 1971 2002 2015 Change of total popula- District by district (2002–2015) tion and electorate in The line charts below illustrate the change in electorate compared to Vienna (2002 – 2015) change in total population between 2002 and 2015, using 2002 figures 18. 19. as a baseline. The chart above shows that Vienna’s total population has gone up by 14.4% This data map depicts these developments separately for the 23 8.1% 7.2% between 2002 and 2015 while the districts of Vienna. All districts gained population except for the 1st electorate has increased by only 4.5%. district. During the same period, the size of the electorate has stagnat- Moreover, at least half of the elector- ed or decreased in many districts. As a consequence, Vienna’s elector- –1.2% –1.3% ate’s increase can be attributed to the al gap has widened since 2002. ■ CITY CENTRE lowering of the voting age in 2007. ■ INNER CITY DISTRICTS ■ OUTER CITY DISTRICTS 17. 8. 9. 20. 21. 17.0% 13.9% 10.3% 11.3% 6.8% 9.0% 5.9% –0.3% –3.2% –2.7% 14. 16. 7. 1. 2. 22. 25.3% 14.6% 14.3% 12.8% 20.5% 8.2% 4.6% 4.1% 3.0% 4.5% –7.3% –13.2% 13. 15. 6. 4. 3. Mapping population size and electorate gap (2015) 13.1% 8.7% 9.4% 7.2% The upper heat map shows Vienna’s 23 districts by 3.5% population size (small, medium, large). Inner districts have rather small populations when 3.4% 2.1% –1.1% compared to the city’s outer districts. –2.8% –3.9% The lower heat map shows the electorate gap by district. In general, the gap is lower in outer districts, while inner districts are close to the citywide average. Districts with larger electorate 24.2% 23. 12. 5. 10. 11. 20.8% gaps form a ring-shaped cluster within the city. 16.8% 12.8% 9.0% DISTRICTS BY 18. 19. 8.6% POPULATION SIZE 7.4% 4.9% 2015 1.9% –1.0% 1 7. 8. 9. 20. 21. 14. 16. 7. 1. 2. 22. 13. 15. 6. 4. 3. The electorate gap by age and district (2015) 23. 12. 5. 10. 11. Vienna’s electorate gap also varies the 15ʰ district, where just 62% old enough to vote are eligible to among young adults between Among residents 60 years and ■ SMALL (less than 50,000 inhabitants) by age – the younger the elector- of the voting-age inhabitants do so. age 30 and 44, of which only older the electorate gap is by far ■ MEDIUM (between 50,000 and 100.000) ate, the larger the electoral gap. (16 years and older) are eligible Dierentiated by age, only two- 63% are eligible. Those at prime the smallest, with nearly 90% of ■ LARGE (more than 100.000) Below-left, the 23 districts of to vote. At the low end of the thirds of Vienna’s 16 to 29 year- working age between 45 and 59 this numerically strong age group Vienna are ranked by 2015 electorate gap ranking is the 23 olds are actually eligible to vote. years have a smaller electorate eligible to vote in Vienna. electorate gap. Atop the chart is district, where 85% of residents The city’s electorate gap is largest gap – 80% on average. DISTRICTS BY ELECTORATE GAP 18. 19. 2015 Electorate (all ages) 16–29 years 30–44 years 45–59 years 60+ years 15., Rudolfsheim 1 7. 8. 9. 20. 21. Fünaus 20., Brigittenau 5., Margareten 16., Ottakring 14. 16. 7. 1. 2. 22. 2., Leopoldstadt 17., Hernals 10., Favoriten 13. 15. 6. 4. 3. 12., Meidling 9., Alsergrund 4., Wieden 8., Josefstadt 23. 12. 5. 10. 11. 7., Neubau 3., Landstraße 6., Mariahilf ■ SMALL (more than 80% of eligible voters) 18., Währing 11., Simmering ■ MEDIUM (between 70% and 80%) 1., City ■ LARGE (less than 70%) 14., Penzing 19., Döbling 21., Floridsdorf 22., Donaustadt 13., Hietzing 23., Liesing Infographic by Ramon Bauer, Tina Frank 0 20 40 60 | 80 100% 0 20 40 60 | 80 100% 0 20 40 60| 80 100% 0 20 40 60 80| 100% 0 20 40 60 80 | 100% Vienna average Vienna average Vienna average Vienna average Vienna average and Michael Holzapfel (2015). Commons Creative a under licensed is work This License Unported 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Source data by Statistik Austria. Data map inspired The bar charts above show (a) the share of people who are eligible to electorate gap in the respective age group and district. Citywide by London Squared Map (aftertheflood.co/projects/ vote and (b) the share of those who are ineligible to vote for various age averages are indicated in order to facilitate the comparability of the london-squared-map). More information: groups by district in 2015. Larger grey columns suggest a larger district values. www.metropop.eu/vienna-electorate 2015-09-23 .