2025-04-30 2025-04-30T15:44:59.0163088 Feature layer Australian Bureau of Statistics geography@abs.gov.au ArcGIS Metadata 1.0 CED CED_2016_ASGS_Ed_2 Australian Bureau of Statistics geography@abs.gov.au Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (CED) are an ABS approximation of Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) electoral division boundaries. An Australian Electoral Commission electoral division boundary is an area legally prescribed for the purpose of returning one member to the House of Representatives, Australia's Federal Lower House of Parliament. Boundaries are based upon the Australian Electoral Commission electoral division boundaries current on Census Night 9 August 2016. Commonwealth Electoral Divisions may change as the Australian Electoral Commission revise their boundaries. Where the Australian Electoral Commission revise their boundaries, the Commonwealth Electoral Divisions will be updated on an annual basis in July in conjunction with updates of other Non ABS Structures. Further information about these regions can be found in the following publication: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structure, July 2016 (cat no. 1270.0.55.003). http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1270.0.55.003 Commonwealth Electoral Divisions developed by the ABS are an approximation of the official Commonwealth Electoral Divisions, developed by the Australian Electoral Commission, using one or more Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1). Each SA1 has been allocated once to a Commonwealth Electoral Division based on the largest population contribution. It should be noted that where a SA1 covers two or more Commonwealth Electoral Division, the SA1 can only be allocated to one electorate. For the 2016 ASGS, 150 Commonwealth Electoral Divisions have been defined to cover the whole of geographic Australia. These do not generally cross State and Territory borders but there are three exceptions. Norfolk Island is included in the Australia Capital Territory electorate of Canberra; Jervis Bay Territory is included in the Australian Capital Territory electorate of Fraser; and the Territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are included in the Northern Territory electorate of Lingiari. Unless otherwise noted, content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Australian Bureau of Statistics geography@abs.gov.au Australian Bureau of Statistics geography@abs.gov.au ASGS Boundaries Structures Edition 2 Statistical Geography 2016 Australian Bureau Statistics Commonwealth Electoral Divisions Australia ABS ASGS BOUNDARIES - Statistical STATISTICAL GEOGRAPHY true 96.816951630000005 167.99803924 -43.740496569999998 -9.1421625199999994 20160913 <p>Copyright and creative commons of CC BY 4.0: <a href="https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer" target="_blank">Website privacy, copyright and disclaimer ABS copyright</a> <br />Legal Authority: <a href="https://www.abs.gov.au/about/legislation-and-policy/legislative-framework" target="_blank">Census and Statistics Act 1905</a> <br />Security Classification: Official <br /> </p> https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/1270.0.55.003~July%202016~Main%20Features~Methodology~5 EPSG MD_FeatureCatalogue File Geodatabase Feature Class CED_2016_ASGS_Ed_2 150 CED_2016_ASGS_Ed_2 Simple FALSE 150 TRUE FALSE CED_2016_ASGS_Ed_2 CED_2016_ASGS_Ed_2 Feature Class 150 CED_2016_ASGS_Ed_2 Australian Bureau of Statistics CED_CODE_2016 Commonwealth Electoral Division 2016 code 2016 Commonwealth Electoral Division (CED) codes from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 2. ABS CEDs are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of Australian Electoral Commission federal electoral divisions. ABS approximations of CED boundaries do not match official legal boundaries exactly. Australian Bureau of Statistics 2025-04-30 iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAASwAAADICAYAAABS39xVAAAAAXNSR0IB2cksfwAAAAlwSFlzAAAO xAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAqpJREFUeJzt1DENADAMwLAd5U+5o7BvimQjyJXZ3T0AAfM7AOCVYQEZhgVk GBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFY QIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZ hgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgW kGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECG YQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYF ZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBh WECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEB GYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQY FpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhA hmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmG BWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQYVhAhmEBGYYFZBgWkGFYQIZhARmGBWQYFpBhWECGYQEZhgVkGBaQ YVhAhmEBGYYFnIoLreIHHblfYqUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=