NSW Federal Electoral Division Boundaries Aligned to GDA2020 Standard

GDA2020-aligned spatial data defines gazetted federal electoral division boundaries for New South Wales. The dataset is maintained by the Australian Electoral Commission and is positioned in alignment with cadastral and property data. It is current as of the last redistribution and published by Spatial Services, a business unit of the NSW Department of Customer Service.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral district boundaries based on gazetted federal divisions.
• Analyzing spatial relationships between electoral and cadastral data as described.
• Conducting redistricting or demographic studies using the foundational spatial data framework.

Strengths

• Aligned with the national GDA2020 standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
• Maintains a positional relationship to authoritative Lot and Property digital datasets.
• Managed by the Australian Electoral Commission with changes referenced in an authority feature class.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Electoral Commission, provided by Spatial Services (NSW Department of Customer Service).

Collection Method

Digitized from the best available cadastral mapping at scales ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000.

Freshness

Data is current as of the last redistribution; last platform update was 2026-05-17.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.