National Localities

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Overview

National Localities is a spatial representation of suburbs and localities defined by the State and Territory governments of Australia. The product 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 National 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 November 2025 with data extracted on 26 September 2025.

This release is a full national data population for Version 1.1 of the National Localities product, described by the National Localities Product Guide v1.1 [Geoscape, 2023] .

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

Change Notifications

‘National’ Branding

Geoscape’s Localities product has transitioned to ‘National Localities’, reflecting our focus on a smarter, safer and more productive Australia and our role in the national interest.

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
loc94854350c906	Kairabah	QLD

'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
loc12470f88502c	Neilrex	NSW	23	162	185
locd0b60675a456	Daruka	NSW	8	28	36
loc846e00e84595	Yarrabilba	QLD	8	13	21
loc277027ba302b	Flinders Ranges	SA	6	3269	3275
loc70b0fa01ce44	Petrie	QLD	1	7	8
locddec0d904f67	Kallangur	QLD	-1	11	10
loc06877a2cea9f	Angorigina	SA	-6	486	480
locc8be704a7d72	Kootingal	NSW	-9	83	74
locf406bd0c0e07	Merrygoen	NSW	-23	182	159

'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 National 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 National 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	0	790	0	1	84	38	72	27	216	1,228
	Retired	0	790	0	1	85	38	72	27	216	1,229
	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%	-0.03%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-0.01%

References

[Geoscape, 2023]

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