Localities¶
Disclaimer
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 17 February 2025 with data extracted on 17 December 2024.
This release is a full national data population for Version 1.1 of the Localities product, described by the Localities Product Guide v1.1 [Geoscape, 2023] .
Any issues that have been identified for this release are described in the Issues section.
Change Notifications¶
Locality product in Geopackage format¶
From the February 2025 release onwards Geoscape Localities will be provided in an additional format, Geopackage. This will result in a minor version increment, making the Localities version 1.1.
Updates¶
Name changes¶
No name changes to note.
New and Retired¶
New¶
New localities records:
locality_pid |
locality_name |
state |
---|---|---|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
'N/A' indicates that no records of this type exist
Retired¶
Retired localities records:
locality_pid |
locality_name |
state |
---|---|---|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
'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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
loc77743c1f4888 |
Koombooloomba |
QLD |
20 |
737 |
757 |
loc598a000bd1a7 |
Birdwood |
SA |
1 |
49 |
50 |
loc585f5c8ef22a |
Isisford |
QLD |
1 |
9234 |
9235 |
loc98575a7ee35d |
Forreston |
SA |
-1 |
37 |
36 |
loc2a274dcc84f4 |
Ilfracombe |
QLD |
-2 |
6584 |
6582 |
loc79b514dcd810 |
Glen Ruth |
QLD |
-22 |
777 |
755 |
'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.

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 |
STATISTIC |
ACT |
NSW |
NT |
OT |
QLD |
SA |
TAS |
VIC |
WA |
TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
localities |
Additional |
1 |
851 |
0 |
0 |
168 |
71 |
47 |
119 |
188 |
1,445 |
Retired |
1 |
851 |
0 |
0 |
168 |
71 |
47 |
119 |
188 |
1,445 |
|
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% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
References¶
Geoscape. Localities product guide. 2023. URL: https://docs.geoscape.com.au/projects/localities_guide/en/stable/.