Australian Suburb and Locality Boundaries with Legal Identifiers

Quarterly updated digital boundaries for Australian suburbs and localities, derived from state and territory cadastre data. The dataset is part of the Geoscape Administrative Boundaries product suite, built and maintained by Geoscape Australia using authoritative government sources. Users can download data referencing either GDA94 or GDA2020 datums.

Use Cases

• Map demographic data based on official suburb and locality extents mentioned in the description
• Perform spatial joins for location-based analysis using the legal identifiers mentioned in the description
• Create base maps for Australian regions using the derived cadastre boundaries mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Derived from authoritative state and territory cadastre data
• Updated on a quarterly basis
• Available under an open CC BY 4.0 license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Geoscape Australia, using data from state and territory jurisdictions

Collection Method

Derived from cadastre data

Freshness

Quarterly updates; last metadata update was 2026-05-18

Geography

Australia