Local Health Districts NSW: Administrative Boundaries for New South Wales

A digital map representing the boundaries of Local Health Districts in New South Wales, Australia. The dataset is provided by the Ministry of Health for data and statistical analysis purposes. It is based on the NSW Health Services Act 1997 and was initially published on 20/09/2021.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service coverage based on the defined Local Health District boundaries.
• Analyze public health statistics by administrative region based on the geospatial boundaries.
• Integrate district boundaries with other health datasets for spatial analysis based on the shapefile format.

Strengths

• Dataset has a defined spatial reference system (WGS84/EPSG:3857).
• Data is openly accessible under a Creative Commons license.
• Data currency is listed as 01/04/2026, indicating planned maintenance.

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.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Health, Spatial Services (DCS)

Collection Method

Best interpretation and estimate based on the NSW Health Services Act 1997.

Time Range

Initial publication 2021-09-20.

Freshness

Other

Geography

New South Wales, Australia