Western Australian Approved Townsites from Spatial Cadastral Database

Townsites are urban centers approved under the Land Administration Act 1997 by the Western Australian Minister for Lands. The data is derived from the Spatial Cadastral Database (SCDB) and updated regularly when amendments are formalized.

Use Cases

• Analyze Townsites boundaries for urban planning and LGA administrative mapping.
• Integrate approved Townsite spatial data with property or cadastral datasets for land use analysis.
• Monitor changes in urban land designation by tracking updates to the Townsites layer.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the authoritative Spatial Cadastral Database (SCDB).
• Regularly updated when amendments or changes to townsites are formalized.
• Supersedes a previous version (LGATE-007), indicating maintained version control.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column structure, and sample data are unavailable for assessing scale and granularity.
• Data scope is limited to Western Australia, which may not be applicable for broader national or international analysis.

Provenance

Source

Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate).

Collection Method

Derived from the Spatial Cadastral Database (SCDB), based on GDA 94.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated regularly; last metadata update recorded as 2026-03-10.

Geography

Western Australia, Australia.