Localities

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Overview

Localities is a spatial representation of suburbs and localities defined by the State and Territory governments of Australia. Localities aggregates the representations unique to each jurisdiction into a consistent seamless representation of the suburbs and localities of Australia. Geoscape welcomes your feedback on the Localities product. We also publish regular product development updates on our website ( www.geoscape.com.au ).

Release Summary

This product was released to customers on 18 November 2024 with data extracted on 30 September 2024.

This release is a full national data population for Version 1.0 of the Localities product, described by the Localities Product Guide v1.0 [Geoscape, 2023] .

Any issues that have been identified for this release are described in the Issues section.

Change Notifications

No change notifications.

Updates

Name changes

Locality names may change without a change to the locality_pid where the boundary does not change, this change will be indicated by an updated date_modified. The below localities had name changes for this release.

NT: Locality name change of ‘Beswick’ to ‘Wugularr’, locality_pid ‘lcpe08e1b32a23f’

NT: Locality name change of ‘Pigeon Hole’ to ‘Nitjpurru’, locality_pid ‘lcpICSFL58nztAB’

New and Retired

New

New localities records:

locality_pid

locality_name

state

locYc2chUzivoB2

Birrabang

NSW

locgsVc1TtBOY6v

Blue Labyrinth

NSW

locYeeCwRTdddkT

Burramoko

NSW

locjuKlbSYxb5Sq

Carmarthen

NSW

loc0AIvg4_aM7Ze

Govetts

NSW

locx548Fi5hCUN-

Ingar

NSW

locGcyEqhYPvKPu

Jamison Valley

NSW

locXB-Jet__eZdg

Kariwoga

NSW

locphFWo14pN7qO

Massif Ridge

NSW

locGGUyF_KmRhoK

Mount Portal

NSW

lockqC5R4ULN2MV

Narrow Neck

NSW

locuOO7ZdYfMI3d

Rocklily Ridge

NSW

locs5EBSfetQ1uW

Tesselate Hill

NSW

'N/A' indicates that no records of this type exist

Retired

Retired localities records:

locality_pid

locality_name

state

loc34f6d66f6a8d

Blue Mountains National Park

NSW

'N/A' indicates that no records of this type exist

Spatial Changes

Spatial changes (area) greater than 1 km2 are shown below:

locality_pid

locality_name

state

Difference_SQKM

Old_SQKM

New_SQKM

loc0e6c9e41d8f4

Megalong Valley

NSW

66

98

164

loc64bcd1a10b1c

Mount Wilson

NSW

32

10

42

locc3c94a052142

Metung

VIC

30

28

58

locca59ad0463c0

Mount Tomah

NSW

22

8

30

loc89ff3d0cf786

Bell

NSW

18

40

58

loc1aa2ab659935

Blackheath

NSW

14

32

46

loc349bb9642578

Eagle Point

VIC

14

18

32

loc2a391e235474

Mount Victoria

NSW

14

17

31

loc962b56cab6be

Mount Irvine

NSW

13

9

22

locb1fcfc92d1fd

Medlow Bath

NSW

10

5

15

locf50922c34976

Hazelbrook

NSW

3

12

15

loca3b4bc40b297

Katoomba

NSW

3

22

25

loc45b5180d5009

Leura

NSW

3

11

14

loc3ab8fe7b6d50

Woodford

NSW

3

8

11

loc4ab2380c5311

Razorback

NSW

2

46

48

loce62e9f394b41

Victoria River

NT

2

27281

27283

loc24ffc42f7ce6

Wentworth Falls

NSW

2

21

23

loccdc4264a746f

Linden

NSW

1

7

8

loccd629d4b46fa

Mount Compass

SA

1

45

46

locbfc303fff0fa

Newlands Arm

VIC

1

4

5

loc0b1051bd4392

Myponga

SA

-1

89

88

loc826ac34a5e0a

Mount Hunter

NSW

-2

33

31

loc503a5d1d6b3d

Nitjpurru

NT

-2

34

32

loc40fbd30880ae

Boole Poole

VIC

-45

94

49

'N/A' indicates that no records of this type exist

Other Updates

There were no other updates.

Issues

New Issues

No new issues.

Resolved Issues

No resolved issues.

Known Issues

Un-enclosed gap between Localities in NT

There is one un-enclosed gap present in the Localities data in NT. These gaps are not valid and do not represent rivers. Below, the un-enclosed gaps can be seen between polygons when they are dissolved together.

Image of Un-enclosed gaps between Localities in NT

ACT Localities Geodatabase File Name Issue

There is a known issue with QGIS reading the act_localities Geodatabase file. This issue is related to the file name, so simply changing it (e.g. to ‘act_locality.gdb’) will allow it to be opened in QGIS.

Future Considerations

This section outlines enhancements or changes under consideration, but not planned into a specific release. For further details on future initiatives, please contact Geoscape Support.

Annex A – Release Counts

Additional, retired and total Localities counts and the percent change to the previous release have been listed in the table below.

TABLE

ACT

NSW

NT

OT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

TOTAL

localities

Additional

4

398

2

0

295

79

59

57

219

1,113

Retired

4

403

2

0

295

79

59

57

219

1,118

Updated

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

140

4,610

312

6

3,304

1,898

783

2,973

1,752

15,778

% Change

0.00%

-0.11%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

-0.03%

References

[Geoscape, 2023]

Geoscape. Localities product guide. 2023. URL: https://docs.geoscape.com.au/projects/localities_guide/en/stable/.