NSW Suburb and Locality Boundaries with Quarterly Updates

Suburb and locality boundaries for New South Wales, derived from state cadastre data. The dataset is built and maintained by Geoscape Australia using authoritative government sources and is updated quarterly. It is published under a CC BY 4.0 license by the Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

Use Cases

• Map service area definitions based on official suburb boundaries.
• Spatial analysis of demographic or economic data using locality polygons.
• Geocoding address data to standardized suburb identifiers.

Strengths

• Updated quarterly, with the last update noted as 2026-05-18.
• Derived from authoritative government cadastre data from each state and territory.
• Available under a permissive CC BY 4.0 open license.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level documentation are absent.
• The description notes spatial changes greater than 1km2 for specific localities, indicating potential for localized inaccuracies in older versions.

Provenance

Source

Geoscape Australia, using cadastre data from state and territory jurisdictions.

Collection Method

Derived from authoritative government cadastre data.

Freshness

Updated quarterly.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.