Vicmap Admin Ward Boundaries for Victorian Local Government Elections, 2016

Vicmap Admin Ward Polygon 2016 contains ward boundaries for all Local Government Areas within Victoria, used for local government elections. The dataset was created by the Victorian Electoral Commission on behalf of Local Government Victoria as part of the Electoral Representation Review process. It was superseded by WARD_2017 in October 2017 and withdrawn from the Vicmap Admin product in July 2018.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral ward boundaries based on polygon data
• Analyzing local government representation based on ward geography
• Supporting electoral review processes based on boundary definitions
• Integrating historical ward data into GIS systems for reference

Strengths

• Created by the authoritative Victorian Electoral Commission
• Provides boundaries for all Local Government Areas within Victoria
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including SHP, GDB, and TAB

Limitations

• Dataset was superseded in 2017 and withdrawn in 2018, indicating it is historical
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Victorian Electoral Commission on behalf of Local Government Victoria

Collection Method

Created as part of the Electoral Representation Review process

Time Range

2016

Geography

Victoria, Australia