States and territories - Australia

Name: States and territories - Australia
Creator: opendatasoft

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Part of the geographic reference repository maintained by Opendatasoft, this dataset provides boundary and reference data for the states and territories of Australia. States and Territories (S/T) represent the geographic extent of Australia's administrative divisions, including entities such as Jervis Bay Territory and the Territories of Christmas Island. Although the dataset covers an Australian geography, it is published within a French national-scope catalogue. It is useful for mapping, geocoding, and analysis requiring standardized administrative boundaries at the state and territory level.This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for states and territories in Australia. State and Territory (S/T) are spatial units representing the geographic extent of Australia. Jervis Bay Territory, the Territories of Christmas Islan...

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Data schema (8 fields)

Filterable via the API (6)

yearste_codeste_nameste_area_codeste_typeste_iso3166_code

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Field	Type	Description
geo_point_2dGeo Point	geo_point_2d	Geographic centroid coordinates of the state or territory.Geographic centroid coordinates of the state or territory.
geo_shapeShape	geo_shape	Geographic boundary shape of the state or territory.Geographic boundary shape of the state or territory.
year	date	Reference year of the geographic classification.Reference year of the geographic classification.
ste_codeOfficial Code State	text	Official numeric code identifying the state or territory.Official numeric code identifying the state or territory.
ste_nameOfficial Name State	text	Official name of the state or territory.Official name of the state or territory.
ste_area_codeIso 3166-3 Area Code	text	ISO 3166-3 code for the country area, Australia.ISO 3166-3 code for the country area, Australia.
ste_typeType	text	Type of geographic unit, such as state or territory.Type of geographic unit, such as state or territory.
ste_iso3166_codeIso 3166-2 Feature Code	text	ISO 3166-2 code identifying the state or territory.ISO 3166-2 code identifying the state or territory.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1year: 2021 · ste_code: ["3"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "ste_code": [
    "3"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "Queensland"
  ],
  "ste_type": "state",
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -22.567505517773675,
    "lon": 144.54564198425672
  },
  "ste_area_code": "AUS",
  "ste_iso3166_code": "QLD"
}

Record 2year: 2021 · ste_code: ["2"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "ste_code": [
    "2"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "Victoria"
  ],
  "ste_type": "state",
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -36.84997039395135,
    "lon": 144.30415866686647
  },
  "ste_area_code": "AUS",
  "ste_iso3166_code": "VIC"
}

Record 3year: 2021 · ste_code: ["8"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "ste_code": [
    "8"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "Australian Capital Territory"
  ],
  "ste_type": "territory",
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -35.488314482956845,
    "lon": 149.0025288517912
  },
  "ste_area_code": "AUS",
  "ste_iso3166_code": "ACT"
}

Record 4year: 2021 · ste_code: ["4"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "ste_code": [
    "4"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "South Australia"
  ],
  "ste_type": "state",
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -30.107902779697323,
    "lon": 135.83186732039903
  },
  "ste_area_code": "AUS",
  "ste_iso3166_code": "SA"
}

Record 5year: 2021 · ste_code: ["7"]

{
  "year": "2021",
  "ste_code": [
    "7"
  ],
  "ste_name": [
    "Northern Territory"
  ],
  "ste_type": "territory",
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -19.415065457018095,
    "lon": 133.364679622243
  },
  "ste_area_code": "AUS",
  "ste_iso3166_code": "NT"
}

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curl -s 'https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/georef-australia-state/records?limit=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'

First 20 records of the dataset as JSON.

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10 000 000 req/day

per ipmeasured

observed 7 days ago

Dataset

Volume & freshness

Records

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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