Vicmap Admin: DEPI Regional Boundaries for Victoria, Australia

Six Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) regional boundaries define administrative areas in Victoria, Australia. The dataset is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated on 2026-04 08. It is aligned to the Vicmap Transport road network and is scheduled for replacement by another dataset on 15 May 2015.

Use Cases

• Mapping environmental management jurisdictions based on the defined DEPI regional boundaries.
• Integrating administrative regions with transportation data based on alignment to the Vicmap Transport road network.
• Analyzing regional governance structures based on the aggregation of three metropolitan areas into the Port Phillip region.

Strengths

• Provides six distinct regional boundaries for spatial analysis.
• Available in nine geospatial file formats including SHP, GDB, and DWG.
• Released under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is noted for replacement in 2015, which may affect its current relevance.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Likely derived from Victorian Government Regional Boundaries with modifications.

Time Range

Coverage period is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 22:27:41.171995; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia