Technical Colleges in New South Wales: Post-Secondary Education Facilities

Spatial Services provides a geospatial dataset of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) facilities in New South Wales, Australia. The data is part of the Features of Interest category within the state's Foundation Spatial Data Framework. It was updated to the GDA2020 geodetic standard in September 2021 to improve positional accuracy and compatibility.

Use Cases

• Map the locations of TAFE colleges based on point features within cadastral parcels.
• Analyze the geographic accessibility of post-secondary technical education across NSW.
• Integrate education facility data with other spatial layers for urban planning.
• Assess the alignment of technical college locations with population or employment centers.

Strengths

• Updated to the GDA2020 national geodetic standard, improving accuracy and consistency.
• Data points are positioned within the cadastral parcel of the facility, providing a spatial reference.
• Part of a structured state-level spatial data framework (FSDF).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes positional accuracy varies with source map scale, ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW.

Collection Method

Historically captured as part of the NSW topographic mapping program from provider files.

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026-05-17; data currency is listed as 01/01/3000, suggesting a static snapshot.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.