NSW Administrative Boundaries: Legislative and Political Districts

The Administrative Boundaries theme from the NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF) is a collection of legislative, regulatory, political, maritime, and general administrative boundaries for New South Wales, Australia. It includes boundaries for Parish, County, Suburb, Local Government Area, State Electoral District, and Federal Electoral Division. This dataset is a hosted feature layer, but the listed GDA94 service is scheduled for retirement, with users directed to transition to a newer GDA2020 version.

Use Cases

• Mapping service delivery areas based on Local Government Area boundaries.
• Analyzing electoral demographics using State and Federal Electoral District polygons.
• Conducting historical land title research using Parish and County boundaries.
• Integrating administrative layers for multi-level jurisdictional analysis.

Strengths

• Part of the authoritative NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF).
• Cross-platform presence indicates established importance and use.
• Provides a multi-level hierarchy of administrative units.

Limitations

• The primary listed service is deprecated and scheduled for retirement, creating a transition burden.
• The GDA94 spatial reference may cause misalignments in modern GDA2020 mapping environments.
• Key metadata such as row count, column details, and license are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), sourced from local and state boundary datasets.

Collection Method

Compilation into a hosted feature layer as part of the NSW FSDF.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 01:44:51.053736, though this may refer to metadata for a retiring service.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia