NSW Ambulance Station Locations in New South Wales, Australia

Ambulance station locations in New South Wales, Australia, represented as point features. The dataset is part of the Features of Interest Category Database maintained by Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW. It is updated daily and uses the GDA2020 geodetic datum for improved accuracy and national compatibility.

Use Cases

• Map ambulance service coverage based on station locations.
• Analyze health facility proximity for emergency response planning.
• Integrate with demographic data to assess service equity based on facility locations.
• Update basemaps and geographic information systems with current health infrastructure data.

Strengths

• Updated daily, suggesting high data currency.
• Uses the national GDA2020 geodetic standard for improved positional accuracy.
• Centroid points are positioned within the cadastral parcel of the facility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Positional accuracy varies, as data was captured from sources ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000 scale.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW.

Collection Method

Historically captured as part of the NSW topographic mapping program.

Freshness

Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-05-17.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.