Localities (FeatureServer)

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Service Description: AbstractLocalities is a spatial representation of suburbs (urban) and localities (rural) defined by the State and Territory governments of Australia. They represent distinct communities across the country. Localities aggregates the representations unique to each jurisdiction into a consistent, seamless representation of suburb and locality boundaries across Australia. Localities are integral for addressing and postal distribution purposes.Localities is designed to meet the needs of organisations that require a geospatial representation of suburb and locality boundaries at both a local and national scale. The attribution provided within Localities allows for the application of the data across a wide range of commercial, government and research uses. Localities can also be used to identify the creation of new suburbs.CurrencyDate Modified: November 2025Modification Frequency: QuarterlyData ExtentCoordinate Reference: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 | GDA2020Spatial ExtentNorth: -8°South: -45°East: 168°West: 96°Source InformationThe data was obtained from data.gov.au, is also accessible through Geoscape Administrative Boundaries - Geoscape as of August 2025. The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under an open CCBY 4.0 licence.Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).Lineage StatementLocalities are created through processing suburb and locality data sourced from Australia’s States and Territories. Source attributes are mapped and standardised to provide a coherent definition across the jurisdiction supplies, with associated geometry being cleaned and processed to output a topologically consistent layer of Australia’s suburb and locality boundaries at a national scale. Additional attributes have been generated and integrated by Geoscape to support the jurisdictional information as well as to provide convenience in the use and representation of the dataset. This product is integrated with the following Geoscape products:G-NAFBuildingsLocal Government AreasPostcode BoundariesAddressing ServiceGeoscape Administrative Boundaries (comprised of Localities, Local Government Areas (LGAs), Wards, ABS Boundaries, Electoral Boundaries, State Boundaries, and Town Points) are created using a range of source data which is highlighted within their Data Copyright and Disclaimer.The Digital Atlas of Australia team have published a Feature Service for Localities using the Geographic Coordinate System: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). Localities are aggregated from State and Territory data to cover the National extent of Australia.Data DictionaryAttribute NameDescriptionDate CreatedThe date the record is first introduced to the Geoscape product.Locality Polygon PIDUnique persistent identifier for the locality polygon.Locality ClassDescribes the class of locality.Locality NameName of the suburb or locality.Locality PIDPersistent identifier for the locality feature.StateThe abbreviated name of the State or Territory that the locality spatially resides within.GeometryThe geometry of the polygon.Locality Class - Description TableDomain ValueDescriptionGazetted LocalityGazetted localities have been officially recognised (gazetted) by the State or Territory Authority.DistrictThe Australian Capital Territory is divided into geographic areas known as Districts. Districts are further divided by deposited plans into Divisions (suburbs).There are areas in the ACT where Divisions and Districts overlap, as well as areas only covered by Districts. Divisions have been classified as gazetted localities as they represent suburbs. Districts have been assigned their own classification of ‘District’.State - Description TableDomain ValueDescriptionNSWThe data is located within the state of New South Wales.NTThe data is located within the Northern Territory.OTThe data is located within the Other Territories classification. Other Territories covers the external Australian territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island.QLDThe data is located within the state of Queensland.SAThe data is located within the state of South Australia.TASThe data is located within the state of Tasmania.VICThe data is located within the state of Victoria.WAThe data is located within the state of Western Australia.ContactDepartment of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR),data@industry.gov.auFor technical support contact DigitalAtlas@ga.gov.au

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Description: AbstractLocalities is a spatial representation of suburbs (urban) and localities (rural) defined by the State and Territory governments of Australia. They represent distinct communities across the country. Localities aggregates the representations unique to each jurisdiction into a consistent, seamless representation of suburb and locality boundaries across Australia. Localities are integral for addressing and postal distribution purposes.Localities is designed to meet the needs of organisations that require a geospatial representation of suburb and locality boundaries at both a local and national scale. The attribution provided within Localities allows for the application of the data across a wide range of commercial, government and research uses. Localities can also be used to identify the creation of new suburbs.CurrencyDate Modified: November 2025Modification Frequency: QuarterlyData ExtentCoordinate Reference: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 | GDA2020Spatial ExtentNorth: -8°South: -45°East: 168°West: 96°Source InformationThe data was obtained from data.gov.au, is also accessible through Geoscape Administrative Boundaries - Geoscape as of August 2025. The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under an open CCBY 4.0 licence.Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).Lineage StatementLocalities are created through processing suburb and locality data sourced from Australia’s States and Territories. Source attributes are mapped and standardised to provide a coherent definition across the jurisdiction supplies, with associated geometry being cleaned and processed to output a topologically consistent layer of Australia’s suburb and locality boundaries at a national scale. Additional attributes have been generated and integrated by Geoscape to support the jurisdictional information as well as to provide convenience in the use and representation of the dataset. This product is integrated with the following Geoscape products:G-NAFBuildingsLocal Government AreasPostcode BoundariesAddressing ServiceGeoscape Administrative Boundaries (comprised of Localities, Local Government Areas (LGAs), Wards, ABS Boundaries, Electoral Boundaries, State Boundaries, and Town Points) are created using a range of source data which is highlighted within their Data Copyright and Disclaimer.The Digital Atlas of Australia team have published a Feature Service for Localities using the Geographic Coordinate System: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). Localities are aggregated from State and Territory data to cover the National extent of Australia.Data DictionaryAttribute NameDescriptionDate CreatedThe date the record is first introduced to the Geoscape product.Locality Polygon PIDUnique persistent identifier for the locality polygon.Locality ClassDescribes the class of locality.Locality NameName of the suburb or locality.Locality PIDPersistent identifier for the locality feature.StateThe abbreviated name of the State or Territory that the locality spatially resides within.GeometryThe geometry of the polygon.Locality Class - Description TableDomain ValueDescriptionGazetted LocalityGazetted localities have been officially recognised (gazetted) by the State or Territory Authority.DistrictThe Australian Capital Territory is divided into geographic areas known as Districts. Districts are further divided by deposited plans into Divisions (suburbs).There are areas in the ACT where Divisions and Districts overlap, as well as areas only covered by Districts. Divisions have been classified as gazetted localities as they represent suburbs. Districts have been assigned their own classification of ‘District’.State - Description TableDomain ValueDescriptionNSWThe data is located within the state of New South Wales.NTThe data is located within the Northern Territory.OTThe data is located within the Other Territories classification. Other Territories covers the external Australian territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island.QLDThe data is located within the state of Queensland.SAThe data is located within the state of South Australia.TASThe data is located within the state of Tasmania.VICThe data is located within the state of Victoria.WAThe data is located within the state of Western Australia.ContactDepartment of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR),data@industry.gov.auFor technical support contact DigitalAtlas@ga.gov.au

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