1270.0.55.003 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July 2016  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/09/2016   
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INFORMATION ABOUT CSV FILES

The product Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures (cat no. 1270.0.55.003) contains comma-separated value (.csv) files. These files list the codes, labels and hierarchies for all the regions within the ASGS Non ABS Structures.

There are sixteen .csv files listing the geographical hierarchies for each of the following regions:

  • Local Government Area (LGA) for each State and Territory (9 csv. files)
  • Postal Area (POA)
  • State Suburb (SSC)
  • Natural Resource Management Region (NRMR)
  • Australian Drainage Division (ADD)
  • Commonwealth Electoral Division (CED)
  • State Electoral Division (SED)
  • Tourism Region (TR).

Most Non ABS Structures have Mesh Blocks the lowest level unit. Commonwealth Electoral Divisions and State Electoral Divisions have Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) as the lowest level and Tourism Regions have (Statistical Area Level 2) as the lowest level unit.

FILE CONTENTS:

The .csv files generally contain the following fields:
<BASE_REGION>_CODE_2016
<REGION>_CODE_2016
<REGION>_NAME_2016
STATE_CODE_2016
STATE_NAME_2016
AREA_ALBERS_SQKM