New South Wales Suburb Boundaries With Postcode Data

Suburb and locality boundaries for the state of New South Wales, Australia, representing gazetted administrative areas. The dataset is maintained by the NSW Geographic Names Board and Spatial Services, with initial publication in February 2020. It includes postcodes matched from Australia Post for each suburb.

Use Cases

• Mapping service areas or demographic data using suburb boundary polygons.
• Validating or enriching address data by matching locations to gazetted suburb names and postcodes.
• Analyzing spatial relationships between suburbs and other administrative layers like Local Government Areas.
• Developing location-based applications that require official suburb extents and identifiers.

Strengths

• Officially gazetted boundaries maintained by the state's Geographic Names Board.
• Includes postcode data sourced and matched from Australia Post.

Limitations

• Spatial reference is GDA94, which cannot be easily consumed into GDA2020 environments without conversion.
• Data currency date is listed as 01/01/3000, indicating a placeholder and unclear actual update schedule.

Provenance

Source

NSW Geographic Names Board and Spatial Services (Department of Customer Service NSW).

Collection Method

Gazetted boundaries maintained by the Geographical Names Board, with postcodes sourced from Australia Post.

Time Range

Initial publication date: 05/02/2020.

Freshness

Other (update frequency not specified).

Geography

State of New South Wales, Australia.