New South Wales Government School Catchment Areas

Nightly updated school intake zones for NSW public schools define local enrolment areas based on student residential addresses. The dataset is maintained by the NSW Department of Education and is recommended for use with the NSW Public Schools Master Dataset.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in school catchment areas over time to model impacts from population demographics shifts.
• Map residential addresses to designated schools using local enrolment area boundaries for planning purposes.
• Cross-reference catchment data with the Master Dataset to study relationships between school zones and other school attributes.

Strengths

• Data is updated nightly, ensuring high temporal freshness.
• Officially maintained by the NSW Department of Education's Asset Management Directorate.
• Designed for integration with the companion NSW Public Schools Master Dataset.

Limitations

• Specific data structure (rows, columns, sample) is unavailable for review.
• Catchment areas are subject to change due to school openings/closings and demographic shifts, limiting long-term reliability.
• The dataset carries a disclaimer against reliance for decisions like real estate transactions.

Provenance

Source

Asset Management Directorate, NSW Department of Education.

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Updated nightly.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.