2025-04-30 2025-04-30T08:00:41.2780361 Feature layer Australian Bureau of Statistics geography@abs.gov.au ArcGIS Metadata 1.0 SOSR SOSR_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 Australian Bureau of Statistics geography@abs.gov.au Section of State Range (SOSR) is created by grouping together Urban Centres and Localities (UCLs) into broad classes based on population size. The population sizes are based on the 2021 Census of Population and Housing. The Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Section of State Range (SOSR) Structure defines more detailed classes of urban and rural areas. This is done by grouping Urban Centres and Localities (UCLs) into more detailed classes based on population sizes of Urban Centres and Localities within each State. This enables statistical comparisons of differently sized urban centres and the balancing 'rural areas'. 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 Section State Ranges SOSR Australia ABS ASGS BOUNDARIES - Statistical STATISTICAL GEOGRAPHY true 96.816951630000005 167.99803924 -43.740496569999998 -9.1421625199999994 20221005 <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/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/methodology EPSG MD_FeatureCatalogue File Geodatabase Feature Class SOSR_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 91 SOSR_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 Simple FALSE 91 TRUE FALSE SOSR_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 SOSR_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 Feature Class 91 SOSR_2021_ASGS_Ed_3 Australian Bureau of Statistics SOSR_CODE_2021 Section of State Range 2021 code 2021 Section of State Range (SOSR) codes from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. Section of State Range further breaks down Section of State categories and correspondingly enables the comparison of similar sized UCLs using a range of Census data. Australian Bureau of Statistics SOSR_NAME_2021 Section of State Range 2021 name 2021 Section of State Range (SOSR) names from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. Section of State Range further breaks down Section of State categories and correspondingly enables the comparison of similar sized UCLs using a range of Census data. Australian Bureau of Statistics SOS_CODE_2021 Section of State 2021 code 2021 Section of State (SOS) codes from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. Section of State groups together UCLs into comparable classes based on the population of the UCL. This enables the comparison of similar sized UCLs using a range of Census data. Australian Bureau of Statistics SOS_NAME_2021 Section of State 2021 name 2021 Section of State (SOS) names from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Edition 3. Section of State groups together UCLs into comparable classes based on the population of the UCL. This enables the comparison of similar sized UCLs using a range of Census data. 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 codes 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 names 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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