ABS Suburb Boundaries for New South Wales in GDA2020 Standard

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Statistical Geographical Standard Boundaries for suburbs across the state of New South Wales. The dataset is part of the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) used for the 2016 Census and other ABS collections, released by Spatial Services (DCS) under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-04-27.

Use Cases

• Geospatial analysis of census data based on standardized suburb boundaries.
• Mapping socio-economic indicators for suburbs across New South Wales.
• Integrating statistical data from different sources using the ASGS framework.
• Visualizing demographic trends at the suburb level for regional planning.

Strengths

• Aligned with the national GDA2020 standard, improving accuracy and compatibility with modern positioning technologies.
• Part of the structured ABS Statistical Areas hierarchy, which includes levels from SA1 to SA4 and regional boundaries.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the source, focusing solely on New South Wales.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Statistical Geographical Standard.

Collection Method

Likely compiled and maintained by the state spatial data authority for administrative and statistical purposes.

Time Range

Based on the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 03:43:22.005598; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of New South Wales, Australia.