High School Priority Placement Areas in Australian Capital Territory

ACT Government Open Data provides Priority Placement Areas (PPA) for high schools in the Australian Capital Territory. The dataset, managed by School Census, is scheduled for archival upon release of new schools data.

Use Cases

• Map school enrollment zones using PPA boundaries for demographic analysis
• Analyze geographic distribution of high school catchment areas for urban planning
• Cross-reference PPA data with School Enrollment and High School tags for policy review

Strengths

• Sourced from the authoritative ACT Government Open Data portal
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including RDF, JSON, CSV, and XML
• Covers the specific geography of the Australian Capital Territory

Limitations

• Dataset is flagged for archival, indicating imminent obsolescence
• Core metadata like row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable
• Limited to high schools, excluding primary and other educational institutions

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data

Collection Method

null

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24, though archival is pending.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory