Western Australia Suburb and Locality Boundaries from Geoscape

Suburb and locality boundaries for Western Australia derived from authoritative state cadastre data. The dataset is part of the broader Geoscape Administrative Boundaries product suite, built and maintained by Geoscape Australia and published quarterly by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. Users can download the data in multiple geospatial formats with coordinates referencing either GDA94 or GDA2020 datums.

Use Cases

• Map service area definitions based on official suburb and locality boundaries.
• Spatial analysis of demographic or economic data aggregated to suburb units.
• Integrate administrative boundaries into GIS software for planning and visualization.
• Geocode addresses or points of interest to their corresponding legal locality.

Strengths

• Derived from authoritative state and territory cadastre data.
• Published quarterly with updates noted (e.g., no updates in May 2026).
• Available under a CC BY 4.0 open license with clear attribution requirements.

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.
• Row count and spatial scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscape Australia, using authoritative government cadastre data.

Collection Method

Derived from cadastre data from each state and territory jurisdiction.

Freshness

Updated quarterly; last updated 2026-05-18.

Geography

Western Australia, Australia.