1270.0.55.003 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July, 2012  
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METADATA FOR CSV FILES - ASGS NON-ABS STRUCTURES

The product Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Volume 3 - Non-ABS Structures (cat no. 1270.0.55.003) contains comma-separated value (.csv) files. These files list the codes, labels and hierarchies for the 2012 updated regions within the ASGS Non-ABS Structures.

There are .csv files listing the geographical hierarchies for the following regions:

  • Local Government Area (LGA) for each State and Territory (9 csv. files)
  • Tourism Region (TR).

Note that LGAs have MBs as the lowest level and TRs have SA2s as the lowest level unit.

FILE CONTENTS:

The LGA .csv files are broken up by State and Territory they each contain the following fields:
      MB_CODE_2011
      LGA_CODE_2012
      LGA_NAME_2012
      STATE_CODE_2011
      STATE_NAME_2011
      AREA_ALBERS_SQKM
The TR .csv file contains the following fields:
      SA2_MAINCODE_2011
      SA2_NAME_2011
      TR_CODE_2012
      TR_NAME_2012
      STATE_CODE_2011
      STATE_NAME_2011
      AREA_ALBERS_SQKM