Queensland Local Government Area Boundaries from Geoscape Australia

Quarterly updated digital boundaries for Queensland Local Government Areas, derived from authoritative state cadastre data. The dataset is built and maintained by Geoscape Australia and published under a CC BY 4.0 license by the Commonwealth of Australia. Users can download data referencing either GDA94 or GDA2020 datums.

Use Cases

• Map jurisdictional areas for policy analysis based on official Local Government Area boundaries.
• Integrate administrative boundaries into GIS applications using the provided GeoJSON or WFS formats.
• Perform spatial joins with other Australian datasets using the standardized legal identifiers.

Strengths

• Derived from authoritative government cadastre data from each Australian state and territory.
• Updated on a quarterly basis, with the last update noted as May 2026.
• Available under a permissive CC BY 4.0 license with clear attribution requirements.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes there were no updates in the May 2026 release, which may indicate static data for that period.

Provenance

Source

Geoscape Australia, using authoritative government data.

Collection Method

Derived from cadastre data from each Australian state and territory jurisdiction.

Freshness

Quarterly updates; last updated 2026-05-18.

Geography

Queensland, Australia.