1270.0.55.003 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3

1270.0.55.003 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July 2011

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Main Features About this Release Expanded Contents History of Changes	PREFACE This publication is the third volume of a series detailing the new Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). This publication describes the Non-ABS Structures of the ASGS. The Non-ABS Structures bring together those regions which are not defined by the ABS, but which are important to users of ABS statistics. ABS is committed to providing a range of statistics for these areas. They generally represent administrative regions and are approximated by Mesh Blocks, Statistical Areas Level 1 or Statistical Areas Level 2. The ASGS brings all the regions for which the ABS publishes statistics within the one framework and will be used by the ABS for the collection and dissemination of geographically classified statistics from 1 July 2011. It is the framework for understanding and interpreting the geographical context of statistics published by the ABS. The ABS also encourages the use of the ASGS by other organisations to improve the comparability and usefulness of statistics generally. As a whole, the ASGS represents a more comprehensive, flexible and consistent way of defining Australia's statistical geography than the previous geographic classification, the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). For further information to assist you to move from the ASGC to the ASGS please refer to the ABS website at https://www.abs.gov.au/geography. The first volume of the ASGS was released in December 2010 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011 (cat. no. 1270.0.55.001). Future volumes will detail the: Indigenous Structure, Urban Centres and Localities/Section of State and Remoteness Areas. The digital boundaries, codes and labels for the regions described in this volume are available free of charge from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website at https://www.abs.gov.au/geography. Any enquires regarding the ASGS, or suggestions for its improvement can be made by emailing geography@abs.gov.au Brian Pink Australian Statistician Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.