Vicmap Admin: Ward Boundaries for Victorian Local Government Areas, 2005

WARD boundaries for all Local Government Areas within Victoria, Australia, as defined in 2005. The dataset was created by Local Government Victoria and the Department for Victorian Communities, and maintained by the Victorian Electoral Commission. It was superseded by WARD_2008 in November 2008 and withdrawn from the Vicmap Admin product in February 2009.

Use Cases

• Historical mapping of electoral ward boundaries based on the 2005 definitions.
• Analyzing changes in local government areas by comparing this dataset to its 2008 successor.
• Studying boundary maintenance issues, such as overlaps and slivers, mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Boundaries are aligned to the Vicmap Property base dataset.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including SHP, GDB, and DXF.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Dataset is superseded and was withdrawn in February 2009; it is not current.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Boundaries may contain overlaps and slivers due to the maintenance regime at the time.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning, Victoria, Australia.

Collection Method

Defined by Local Government Victoria and the Department for Victorian Communities, maintained by the Victorian Electoral Commission.

Time Range

2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 21:04:38.077227; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia.