The new ABS geography standard part 1 – what is it and how does it affect me?

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3 Responses

  1. Simone says:

    Why is it changing? The main reason is the introduction of meshblock geography and its use as the new building block for all other levels of geography in the ASGS.

  2. Dinesh says:

    This is a really great piece. I have always been interested on how geographical subdivisions of state and territories work in Australia and the whole LGA to City/Town mapping confused me. Is the AGCS structure the official subdivisions of the areas used for all city and regional planning from now on or is it just for statistical data collection only.

    By this I mean, are these the new equivalent of the State to Big City to Small City or SMall city/town/village/suburbs (names places) scenarios?

    • Hi Dinesh – this is a 9 year old blog! The ASGS has been in for quite a while now. It is for statistical data collection, but many organisations use it, to align their data collection to those boundaries the ABS use. It does delimit cities, towns, regions, districts etc. But there are different classification heirarchies, such as SA1/SA2/SA3/SA4, Greater Capital Cities, Urban Centres and Localities, Significant Urban Areas, and Indigenous Geography. More information is in the Geography section on the ABS website.

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