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2006 geography

Geographic areas for 2006 TableBuilder Pro and 2006 TableBuilder Basic are structured differently.

The databases contain data for geographic areas ranging from from Australia down to the smallest output geography, which is called Collection Districts.

PRO Main Structure

Geography List as displayed in the 2006 Pro Databases:
  • Australia
  • Main Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC)
  • States
  • Statistical Divisions
  • Statistical Subdivisions
  • Statistical Local Areas
  • Collection Districts
  • Local Government Areas
  • Local Government Areas
  • Statistical Local Areas
  • Remoteness Areas
  • State Suburbs
  • Postal Areas
  • Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (2004 boundaries)
  • Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (2007 boundaries)
  • State Electoral Divisions
  • Section of States
  • Section of State
  • Population Range
  • Statistical Districts
  • Urban Centres and Localities
  • Statistical Regions
  • Major Statistical Regions
  • Statistical Regions
  • Statistical Region Sectors
  • Indigenous Regions
  • Indigenous Regions
  • Indigenous Areas
  • Indigenous Locations
  • Murray Darling Basin Region
  • Natural Resource Management Region

BASIC Main Structure

Geography list as displayed in the 2006 Basic Databases:
  • Australia
  • ASGC Upper (includes States and Statistical Divisions only)
  • ASGC Lower (ranging from State to Statistical Local Areas)
  • Local Government Areas
  • Local Government Areas
  • Statistical Local Areas
  • Statistical Districts
  • Postal Areas
  • State Suburbs
  • State Electoral Divisions
  • Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (2004 boundaries)
  • Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (2007 boundaries)
  • Urban Centres and Localities
  • Remoteness Areas
  • Indigenous Regions
  • Indigenous Regions
  • Indigenous Areas
  • Indigenous Locations
  • Statistical Regions
  • Major Statistical Regions
  • Statistical Regions
  • Statistical Region Sectors
  • Section of States
  • Section of State
  • Population Range

Migration Geography

Selected databases in 2006 TableBuilder include geographies to assist with generating tables for migration patterns.
These geographies are:
  • Place of Usual Residence One Year Ago
  • Place of Usual Residence Five Years Ago

Note: These Geographies include areas for
  • States
  • Statistical Divisions
  • Statistical Local Areas

For example, you will find these geographies in:
TableBuilder Pro
  • 2006 Census – Counting Persons, Place of Usual Residence
  • Person Variables
  • Usual Address
TableBuilder Basic
  • 2006 Census – Migration
  • Migration Classifications
  • Migration.

Place of Work Geography

Selected databases in 2006 TableBuilder include Geographical Areas (Place of Work), which counts people 15 years and over who are in the labour force, at the place where they worked in the week prior to Census Night. This geography is only available down to the Statistical Local Area.
These geographies are:
  • Main Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC)
  • States
  • Statistical Divisions
  • Statistical Subdivisions
  • Statistical Local Areas
  • Local Government Areas
  • Local Government Areas
  • Statistical Local Areas

For example, you will find Place of Work geography in these databases:
TableBuilder Pro
  • 2006 Census – Counting Persons, Place of Work
TableBuilder Basic
  • 2006 Census – Place of Work.

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