ABS Statistical Areas Level 3: NSW Administrative Boundaries for 2016 Census

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Statistical Areas Level 3 boundaries for the state of New South Wales. The dataset is part of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) used for the 2016 Census of Population and Housing and is published by Spatial Services (DCS). The service was last updated on 2026-04-27 and uses the GDA2020 coordinate reference system.

Use Cases

• Aggregating and visualizing census data based on standardized SA3 boundaries.
• Conducting regional socio-economic analysis based on the ASGS framework.
• Integrating statistical data from multiple sources for geospatial analysis based on the hierarchical ABS structure.

Strengths

• Aligned with the national GDA2020 standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Part of a coherent hierarchical framework (ASGS) designed for statistical comparability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is based on the 2016 ASGS, which may not reflect the most current geographical definitions.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), New South Wales government.

Collection Method

Likely derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Geographical Standard Boundaries.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 13:00:06.634256; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of New South Wales, Australia.