Local Government Area - Geoscape Administrative Boundaries

Abstract Local Government Areas is a spatial representation of the administrative divisions that local governments are responsible for across the country. A Local Government Area (LGA) will typically have an elected council as well as a council leader (e.g. mayor, shire president). Local Government Areas aggregates the representations unique to each jurisdiction into a consistent, seamless representation of the LGA boundaries across Australia. Local Government Areas is designed to meet the needs of organisations that require a geospatial representation of LGA boundaries at both a local and national scale. The attribution provided within Local Government Areas allows for the application of the data across a wide range of commercial, government and research uses. Geoscape Australia welcomes your feedback on our Local Government Areas product. We also publish regular updates on the development of our products on the [Geoscape website]. Currency Date Modified: May 2026 Modification Frequency: Quarterly Data Extent Coordinate Reference: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 | GDA2020 Spatial Extent North: -8° South: -45° East: 160° West: 112° Source Information The data was obtained from [data.gov.au], is also accessible through [Geoscape Administrative Boundaries - Geoscape] as of August 2025. The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under an open [CCBY 4.0 licence]. Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Lineage Statement Local Government Areas is created through processing LGA data sourced from Australia’s States and Territories. Source attributes are mapped and standardised to provide a coherent definition across the jurisdiction supplies, with associated geometry being cleaned and processed to output a topologically consistent layer of Australia’s LGA boundaries at a national scale. Additional attributes have been generated and integrated by Geoscape to support the jurisdictional information as well as to provide convenience in the use and representation of the dataset. Local Government Areas is updated and released regularly and has integrated relationships with other Geoscape Products. This product is integrated with the following Geoscape products: * Localities * Wards * Addressing Service Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (comprised of Localities, Local Government Areas (LGAs), Wards, ABS Boundaries, Electoral Boundaries, State Boundaries, and Town Points) are created using a range of source data which is highlighted within their [Data Copyright and Disclaimer]. The Digital Atlas of Australia team have published a Feature Service for Local Government Areas using the Geographic Coordinate System: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). Local Government Areas are aggregated from State and Territory data to cover the National extent of Australia. Data Dictionary ───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Attribute name │Description ───────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LGA Polygon (PID) │Unique persistent identifier for the LGA polygon. ───────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LGA (PID) │Persistent identifier for the LGA. ───────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Date Created │Date this record was created. ───────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LGA Name │The name of the LGA. ───────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LGA Abbreviated Name │The abbreviated LGA name. ───────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── State │The abbreviated name of the State or Territory that the LGA spatially resides within. ───────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Geometry: Shape Area and Length│The geometry of the polygon. ───────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── State - Description Table ───────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Domain name│Description ───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── NSW │The data is located within the state of New South Wales. ───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── NT │The data is located within the Northern Territory. ───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── OT │The data is located within the Other Territories classification. │Other Territories covers the external Australian territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. ───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── QLD │The data is located within the state of Queensland. ───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SA │The data is located within the state of South Australia. ───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── TAS │The data is located within the state of Tasmania. ───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── VIC │The data is located within the state of Victoria. ───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── WA │The data is located within the state of Western Australia. ───────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Contact Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR), [data@industry.gov.au] For technical support contact [DigitalAtlas@ga.gov.au]