Localities - Geoscape Administrative Boundaries

Abstract Localities is a spatial representation of suburbs (urban) and localities (rural) defined by the State and Territory governments of Australia. They represent distinct communities across the country. Localities aggregates the representations unique to each jurisdiction into a consistent, seamless representation of suburb and locality boundaries across Australia. Localities are integral for addressing and postal distribution purposes. Localities is designed to meet the needs of organisations that require a geospatial representation of suburb and locality boundaries at both a local and national scale. The attribution provided within Localities allows for the application of the data across a wide range of commercial, government and research uses. Localities can also be used to identify the creation of new suburbs. 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: 168° West: 96° 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 Localities are created through processing suburb and locality 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 suburb and locality 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. This product is integrated with the following Geoscape products: * G-NAF * Buildings * Local Government Areas * Postcode Boundaries * 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 Localities using the Geographic Coordinate System: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). Localities are aggregated from State and Territory data to cover the National extent of Australia. Data Dictionary ────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Attribute name │Description ────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Date Created │The date the record is first introduced to the Geoscape product. ────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Locality Polygon PID│Unique persistent identifier for the locality polygon. ────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Locality Class │Describes the class of locality. ────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Locality Name │Name of the suburb or locality. ────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Locality PID │Persistent identifier for the locality feature. ────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── State │The abbreviated name of the State or Territory that the locality spatially resides within. ────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Geometry │The geometry of the polygon. ────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Locality Class - Description Table ─────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Domain name │Description ─────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Gazetted Locality│Gazetted localities have been officially recognised (gazetted) by the State or Territory Authority. ─────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── District │The Australian Capital Territory is divided into geographic areas known as Districts. │Districts are further divided by deposited plans into Divisions (suburbs). │There are areas in the ACT where Divisions and Districts overlap, as well as areas only covered by Districts. │Divisions have been classified as gazetted localities as they represent suburbs. Districts have been assigned their own classification of ‘District’. ─────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 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]