Historic Ward Boundaries of Greater Geelong

Historic electoral ward boundaries for the City of Greater Geelong, Australia, from 2001 onward. The dataset was created by the City of Greater Geelong and documents the twelve wards established in 2001 and their modifications in 2008. It is provided as geospatial data for geographical search and analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in ward area measurements (sq km) between the 2001 and 2008 boundary reviews.
• Map historical ward boundaries to demographic or voting data using the geographic geometry.
• Query the dataset geographically to identify the ward, councillor, or portfolio for a specific location.
• Study the spatial distribution and size of local government electoral units over time.

Strengths

• Documents two distinct electoral periods with boundary changes from 2001 and 2008.
• Provides geographic data in multiple standard formats including GeoJSON and SHP.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The exact number of spatial features (rows) and specific attribute columns are unknown.
• Data is static and does not include boundary changes after the 2008 review.
• No sample data is available to preview attribute structure before download.

Provenance

Source

City of Greater Geelong

Collection Method

Defined by official government gazette notices and electoral representation reviews.

Time Range

2001 to at least 2008

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026-04-04, but the underlying data is historical.

Geography

City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia