Victorian Legislative Assembly Electoral District Boundaries

Victorian Electoral Commission provides geospatial data for the state's Legislative Assembly electoral district boundaries. These boundaries are the result of state redivisions conducted under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982, with records spanning from 1991 to the 2020-21 redivision. The dataset's primary function is to define the electoral districts used in Victorian state elections.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral district boundaries for the 2022 Victorian State Election based on the 2020-21 redivision.
• Analyzing historical changes in electoral geography by comparing boundaries from 1991, 2013, and 2022.
• Creating visualizations of Lower House (Legislative Assembly) constituencies for public information campaigns.

Strengths

• Sourced from the authoritative Victorian Electoral Commission, the official body responsible for electoral boundaries.
• Provides a longitudinal record of boundary changes, with specific redivisions noted for 1991, 2012-2013, and 2020-21.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GDB, SHP, WFS, WMS) for compatibility with various GIS software.

Limitations

• Column names and specific attribute data are not provided in the available metadata, limiting understanding of associated non-geometric information.
• The dataset appears as multiple, potentially overlapping entries on the same platform, with some marked as superseded, which may cause confusion.
• Metadata for size and row counts is consistently listed as 'None' or 'unknown', obscuring the dataset's scale.

Provenance

Source

Victorian Electoral Commission

Collection Method

Defined and created through official state redivision processes mandated by the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982.

Time Range

1991 to 2022 (covering boundaries for the 1991, 2014, and 2022 state elections).

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-09.

Geography

State of Victoria, Australia.