Local Government Areas - Australia

Name: Local Government Areas - Australia
Creator: opendatasoft

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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 2 hours ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1year: 2021 · lga_code: ["24850"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "lga_code": [
    "24850"
  ],
  "lga_name": [
    "Mitchell"
  ],
  "lga_type": "local government area",
  "ste_code": [
    "2"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "Victoria"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -37.137507552702836,
    "lon": 145.00162315293295
  },
  "lga_area_code": "AUS",
  "lga_name_long": [
    "Mitchell"
  ]
}

Record 2year: 2021 · lga_code: ["37400"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "lga_code": [
    "37400"
  ],
  "lga_name": [
    "Winton"
  ],
  "lga_type": "local government area",
  "ste_code": [
    "3"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "Queensland"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -22.5391279154239,
    "lon": 142.42451160437525
  },
  "lga_area_code": "AUS",
  "lga_name_long": [
    "Winton"
  ]
}

Record 3year: 2021 · lga_code: ["41060"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "lga_code": [
    "41060"
  ],
  "lga_name": [
    "Charles Sturt"
  ],
  "lga_type": "local government area",
  "ste_code": [
    "4"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "South Australia"
  ],
  "geo_shape": {
    "type": "Feature",
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Polygon",
      "coordinates": [
        [
          [
            138.58356729900004,
            -34.889008987999944
          ],
          [
            138.5761935700001,
            -34.889497646999985
          ],
          [
            138.5759535100001,
            -34.88597151699997
          ],
          [
            138.5669516910001,
            -34.88646416699992
          ],
          [
            138.55759671300007,
            -34.88078192699992
          ],
          [
            138.55721079400007,
            -34.87194392699996
          ],
          [
            138.54820975500002,
            -34.87237610599993
          ],
          [
            138.5467225970001,
            -34.85056909599996
          ],
          [
            138.52895123000008,
            -34.85139858499997
          ],
          [
            138.52910327900008,
            -34.85547857499995
          ],
          [
            138.52378264000004,
            -34.85573276499997
          ],
          [
            138.52336505000005,
            -34.85998815499994
          ],
          [
            138.52020856000001,
            -34.862757734999946
          ],
          [
            138.52165838000008,
            -34.864596794999954
          ],
          [
            138.5168520210001,
            -34.866402654999945
          ],
          [
            138.51801061000003,
            -34.86928338499996
          ],
          [
            138.50314627300008,
            -34.85933584399992
          ],
          [
            138.50216968400002,
            -34.85252229399998
          ],
          [
            138.47581343800005,
            -34.84994938299997
          ],
          [
            138.47606718800012,
            -34.856752462999964
          ],
          [
            138.47830722700004,
            -34.86686236299994
          ],
          [
            138.4815533860001,
            -34.87623333299996
          ],
          [
            138.48247625500005,
            -34.88113544399994
          ],
          [
            138.48585633400012,
            -34.891193483999984
          ],
          [
            138.48847276300012,
            -34.902627963999976
          ],
          [
            138.49598632000004,
            -34.92877342399993
          ],
          [
            138.49787742900003,
            -34.93788143499995
          ],
          [
            138.50301424800008,
            -34.95135968499994
          ],
          [
            138.50843635700005,
            -34.95101666499994
          ],
          [
            138.50784473700003,
            -34.944323004999944
          ],
          [
            138.50812311800007,
            -34.93496611499995
          ],
          [
            138.5075578090001,
            -34.92681333499996
          ],
          [
            138.50631322900003,
            -34.92208835499997
          ],
          [
            138.51117473800002,
            -34.92174453499996
          ],
          [
            138.51704269700008,
            -34.92509248499994
          ],
          [
            138.52046705700002,
            -34.920689624999966
          ],
          [
            138.52513978600007,
            -34.917723585999966
          ],
          [
            138.53503770500004,
            -34.91855141599995
          ],
          [
            138.54172549400005,
            -34.91535635599996
          ],
          [
            138.55063543200004,
            -34.913632476999965
          ],
          [
            138.55572616200004,
            -34.91094048699995
          ],
          [
            138.5592034010001,
            -34.912173466999946
          ],
          [
            138.57700174800004,
            -34.90915595799993
          ],
          [
            138.5879291870001,
            -34.89918497799994
          ],
          [
            138.58424560800006,
            -34.89694728799997
          ],
          [
            138.58356729900004,
            -34.889008987999944
          ]
        ]
      ]
    },
    "properties": {}
  },
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -34.890251294767424,
    "lon": 138.52353902337535
  },
  "lga_area_code": "AUS",
  "lga_name_long": [
    "Charles Sturt"
  ]
}

Record 4year: 2021 · lga_code: ["55880"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "lga_code": [
    "55880"
  ],
  "lga_name": [
    "Mount Marshall"
  ],
  "lga_type": "local government area",
  "ste_code": [
    "5"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "Western Australia"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -30.18374991617477,
    "lon": 117.96218136663734
  },
  "lga_area_code": "AUS",
  "lga_name_long": [
    "Mount Marshall"
  ]
}

Record 5year: 2021 · lga_code: ["57770"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "lga_code": [
    "57770"
  ],
  "lga_name": [
    "Shark Bay"
  ],
  "lga_type": "local government area",
  "ste_code": [
    "5"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "Western Australia"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -26.536768698955342,
    "lon": 114.52528459401746
  },
  "lga_area_code": "AUS",
  "lga_name_long": [
    "Shark Bay"
  ]
}

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Using the API

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Base URL: https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/georef-australia-local-government-area

License

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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.

Uses the Opendatasoft Explore v2.1 syntax — supports select, where, group_by and order_by.

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Rate limits

10 000 000 req/day

per ipmeasured

observed 2 hours 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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