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Local Government Areas - Australia
This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for Local Government Areas in Australia. The ASGS Local Government Areas are an ABS approximation of gazetted local government boundaries as defined by each State and Territory Local Governm...
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Data schema (10 fields)
Filterable via the API (8)
yearste_codeste_namelga_codelga_namelga_area_codelga_typelga_name_long
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| geo_point_2dGeo Point | geo_point_2d | — |
| geo_shapeShape | geo_shape | — |
| year | date | — |
| ste_codeOfficial Code State | text | — |
| ste_nameOfficial Name State | text | — |
| lga_codeOfficial Code Local Government Area | text | — |
| lga_nameOfficial Name Local Government Area | text | — |
| lga_area_codeIso 3166-3 Area Code | text | — |
| lga_typeType | text | — |
| lga_name_longLong Official Name Local Government Area | text | — |
Schema captured from opendatasoft 7 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1year: 2021 · lga_code: ["10470"]
{
"year": "2021",
"lga_code": [
"10470"
],
"lga_name": [
"Bathurst Regional"
],
"lga_type": "local government area",
"ste_code": [
"1"
],
"ste_name": [
"New South Wales"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": -33.430057257847544,
"lon": 149.52569006677885
},
"lga_area_code": "AUS",
"lga_name_long": [
"Bathurst Regional"
]
}Record 2year: 2021 · lga_code: ["12390"]
{
"year": "2021",
"lga_code": [
"12390"
],
"lga_name": [
"Dubbo Regional"
],
"lga_type": "local government area",
"ste_code": [
"1"
],
"ste_name": [
"New South Wales"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": -32.42470627121761,
"lon": 148.85439676507164
},
"lga_area_code": "AUS",
"lga_name_long": [
"Dubbo Regional"
]
}Record 3year: 2021 · lga_code: ["54550"]
{
"year": "2021",
"lga_code": [
"54550"
],
"lga_name": [
"Kojonup"
],
"lga_type": "local government area",
"ste_code": [
"5"
],
"ste_name": [
"Western Australia"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": -33.907621367225424,
"lon": 117.04799560720534
},
"lga_area_code": "AUS",
"lga_name_long": [
"Kojonup"
]
}Record 4year: 2021 · lga_code: ["45540"]
{
"year": "2021",
"lga_code": [
"45540"
],
"lga_name": [
"Peterborough"
],
"lga_type": "local government area",
"ste_code": [
"4"
],
"ste_name": [
"South Australia"
],
"geo_shape": {
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": {
"type": "Polygon",
"coordinates": [
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],
[
139.35417722700004,
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],
[
139.35402368500002,
-32.88957278799995
],
[
139.3538741100001,
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],
[
139.35373990600007,
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],
[
139.35352744300008,
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],
[
139.21927608300007,
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],
[
139.11802531700005,
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
138.89007916000003,
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],
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],
[
138.71954921500003,
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],
[
138.71995556100012,
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],
[
138.7205371450001,
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],
[
138.72067069500008,
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],
[
138.72054335500002,
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],
[
138.72146558699998,
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],
[
138.71850357800008,
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],
[
138.71417865800004,
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],
[
138.70874471900004,
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],
[
138.70703074900007,
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],
[
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],
[
138.7029228990001,
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],
[
138.69788198900005,
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],
[
138.6978910790001,
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],
[
138.7558524100001,
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],
[
138.85505987500005,
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],
[
138.94277049200002,
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],
[
139.02147094100005,
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],
[
139.181588967,
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],
[
139.24094175800008,
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],
[
139.35429625100005,
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]
]
]
},
"properties": {}
},
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": -32.86409971396189,
"lon": 139.05965453068276
},
"lga_area_code": "AUS",
"lga_name_long": [
"Peterborough"
]
}Record 5year: 2021 · lga_code: ["46450"]
{
"year": "2021",
"lga_code": [
"46450"
],
"lga_name": [
"Port Pirie"
],
"lga_type": "local government area",
"ste_code": [
"4"
],
"ste_name": [
"South Australia"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": -33.37680434828383,
"lon": 138.10598456432862
},
"lga_area_code": "AUS",
"lga_name_long": [
"Port Pirie"
]
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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- https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/georef-australia-local-government-area
License
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- ✓ Attribution required
Query examples
curl -s 'https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/georef-australia-local-government-area/records?limit=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'First 20 records of the dataset as JSON.
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per ipmeasured
observed 7 days ago
Dataset
Volume & freshness
Records
547
Update cadence
Annual
declared upstream
Last upstream update
4 years ago
2022-08-31
Temporal coverage
2016 → ongoing
License
No license declared upstream.
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