NSW Administrative Boundaries: Legislative and Political Districts

NSW Administrative Boundaries Theme is a foundational spatial dataset from the NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF). It consolidates legislative, regulatory, political, maritime, and general administrative boundaries for New South Wales, Australia. The dataset includes features such as Parish, County, Suburb, Local Government Area, State Electoral District, and Federal Electoral Division boundaries.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral districts based on State and Federal Electoral Division boundaries.
• Analyzing service delivery areas using Local Government Area and Suburb polygons.
• Aligning historical data to administrative units like Parish and County boundaries.

Strengths

• Part of the official NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF), indicating authoritative sourcing.
• Available via a live ArcGIS REST API, facilitating integration into mapping applications.
• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au signals its importance as a core government dataset.

Limitations

• The primary service is scheduled for retirement (GDA94), requiring users to transition to a GDA2020 version.
• Specific column names, row counts, and file size are not provided in the available metadata.
• The spatial reference (WGS 84 ≈ GDA94) may cause misalignment in modern GDA2020 coordinate environments.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), New South Wales Government.

Collection Method

Sourced from local and state government boundary datasets.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-10 21:12:38.550432

Geography

New South Wales, Australia