2025-04-30 2025-04-30T09:37:31.5244717 Feature layer Australian Bureau of Statistics geography@abs.gov.au ArcGIS Metadata 1.0 LGA LGA_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 Australian Bureau of Statistics geography@abs.gov.au Local Government Areas (LGAs) are an ABS Mesh Block representation of gazetted local government boundaries as defined by each state and territory. Please note that ABS approximated boundaries do not match official legal or administrative boundaries and should only be used for statistical purposes. Officially gazetted Local Government Areas change regularly. The ABS updates approximated Local Government Areas annually. Further information about these regions can be found in the following publication: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026 Local Government Areas (LGAs) enable the comparison of ABS data with other data collected using Local Government Areas as the geographic reference. Local Government Areas cover incorporated areas of Australia only. Incorporated areas are legally designated parts of a State or Territory over which incorporated local governing bodies have responsibility. The major areas of Australia not administered by incorporated bodies are the northern parts of South Australia, all of the Australian Capital Territory and the Other Territories. These regions are identified as 'Unincorporated' in the ABS Local Government Area structure. The territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island are administered as part of Western Australia at the local government level. 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 3 Statistical Geography 2021 Australian Bureau Statistics Local Government Areas LGA Australia ABS ASGS BOUNDARIES - Statistical STATISTICAL GEOGRAPHY true 96.816951630000005 167.99803924 -43.740496569999998 -9.1421625199999994 20211006 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> Legal Authority: <a href="https://www.abs.gov.au/about/legislation-and-policy/legislative-framework" target="_blank">Census and Statistics Act 1905</a> Security Classification: Official https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/methodology EPSG MD_FeatureCatalogue File Geodatabase Feature Class LGA_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 566 LGA_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 Simple FALSE 566 TRUE FALSE LGA_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 LGA_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 Feature Class 566 LGA_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 Australian Bureau of Statistics LGA_CODE_2021 Local Government Area 2021 code 2021 Local Government Area (LGA) codes from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. ABS LGAs are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of gazetted local government boundaries as defined by each state and territory. ABS approximations of LGA boundaries do not match official legal boundaries exactly. Australian Bureau of Statistics LGA_NAME_2021 Local Government Area 2021 name 2021 Local Government Area (LGA) names from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. ABS LGAs are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of gazetted local government boundaries as defined by each state and territory. ABS approximations of LGA boundaries do not match official legal boundaries exactly. Australian Bureau of Statistics STATE_CODE_2021 State and Territory 2021 code 2021 State and Territory (STE) codes from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. States and Territories are a cartographic representation of legally designated state and territory boundaries. Australian Bureau of Statistics STATE_NAME_2021 State and Territory 2021 name 2021 State and Territory (STE) names from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. States and Territories are a cartographic representation of legally designated state and territory boundaries. Australian Bureau of Statistics AUS_CODE_2021 Australia 2021 code 2021 Australia code from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. This is the largest region in the ASGS and represents the geographic extent of Australia. Australian Bureau of Statistics AUS_NAME_2021 Australia 2021 name 2021 Australia name from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. This is the largest region in the ASGS and represents the geographic extent of Australia. Australian Bureau of Statistics AREA_ALBERS_SQKM Area in square kilometres The area of a region in square kilometres, based on the Albers equal area conic projection. Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS_LOCI_URI_2021 Uniform Resource Identifier A uniform resource identifier can be used in web linked applications for data integration. 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