The Division of Makin is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives located in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide. Established in 1984 and named after Norman Makin, a former MP and diplomat, it has been a marginal seat at most elections since. It includes the suburbs of Tea Tree Gully, Modbury, Salisbury Heights, Salisbury East and Para Hills.
It is known as a mortgage belt seat, with a large proportion of the population in the area paying off home loans. In the 2006 census over 42 percent of the seat's electors had a home mortgage; ranking it 19th highest in Australia's 150 seats.
Makin has been represented by Labor MP Tony Zappia since the 2007 election. At the 2010 election, Zappia technically made it a safe Labor seat by winning 62 percent of the two-party vote.
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