1216.0 - Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), July 2011

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 05/10/2011 Final

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PURPOSE

The Main Structure of the ASGC is used to collect and disseminate a broad range of ABS social, demographic and economic statistics. Maps depicting the Main Structure boundaries are provided in this publication.

THE STRUCTURE

The Main Structure has four hierarchical levels, comprising in ascending order: SLAs-SSDs-SDs-S/Ts. In this structure, SLAs aggregate to form SSDs, and this aggregation principle continues up the remaining hierarchical levels. At each hierarchical level, the component spatial units (e.g. SLAs) collectively cover all of Australia (as defined in this publication) without gaps or overlaps.

Tables

Detailed tables of the Main Structure are available in both the publication pdf and .csv file.

For example:

Main Structure - Broad

(showing three hierarchical levels: S/T-SD-SSD)

S/T SD SSD			Name

4			SOUTH AUSTRALIA
	05		Adelaide
		05	Northern Adelaide
		10	Western Adelaide

Main Structure - Detailed

(showing four hierarchical levels: S/T-SD-SSD-SLA)

S/T SD SSD SLA				Name

4				SOUTH AUSTRALIA
	05			Adelaide
		05		Northern Adelaide
			2030	Gawler (T)
			5681	Playford (C) - East Central
		10		Western Adelaide
			1061	Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal
			1064	Charles Sturt (C) - Inner East