1216.0 - Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), 1999  
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Census Collection District (CD)

See chapter 2, The spatial units.

Sections of State (SOS)

Within a State or Territory, each SOS represents an aggregation of non-contiguous geographical areas of a particular urban/rural type. The five categories are:

      • Major Urban: urban areas (Urban Centres in the UC/L Structure) with a population of 100,000 and over;
      • Other Urban: urban areas (Urban Centres in the UC/L Structure) with a population of 1,000 to 99,999;
      • Bounded Locality: rural areas (Localities in the UC/L Structure) with a population of 200 to 999;
      • Rural Balance: the remainder of the S/T; and
      • Migratory: areas composed of off-shore, shipping and migratory CDs see chapter 2, The spatial units.

SOS code

SOS are identified by unique one-digit codes within each State/Territory. For unique Australia-wide identification, each SOS code has to be used in conjunction with the S/T code.

State/Territory (S/T)

See chapter 2, The spatial units.






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