Brisbane City Council Ward Boundaries for Electoral Representation

Brisbane City Council's Local Government Area comprises twenty-six geographic wards, as defined by the Electoral Commission Queensland. This dataset contains the official boundaries for these wards, sourced from the ECQ in January 2020. The resource is maintained by the Brisbane City Council for administrative and electoral purposes.

Use Cases

• Visualize the twenty-six ward boundaries for spatial analysis of electoral representation.
• Integrate ward geometry with demographic data for population distribution studies.
• Support civic applications by mapping administrative services to specific ward areas.

Strengths

• Authoritative source from the Electoral Commission Queensland (ECQ).
• Defines the twenty-six official wards for Brisbane's Local Government Area.
• Explicitly linked to Schedule 1 of the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012.

Limitations

• Data is sourced from a file downloaded in January 2020 and may not reflect recent boundary changes.
• No tabular data or sample is provided, limiting analytical use beyond geometry.
• The primary format listed is HTML, which may not be ideal for direct GIS use.

Provenance

Source

Electoral Commission Queensland (ECQ)

Collection Method

File downloaded from the ECQ website on 6 January 2020.

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Geography

Brisbane City Council Local Government Area, Queensland, Australia