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Local government areas – spatial metadata

View definition

View areas of this type

Data structure

lga

Field name Type Bytes Label Description
AreaID Text (UTF-8 encoded) 27 AreaID The unique identifier used in WetlandSummary
Name Text (UTF-8 encoded) 23 Name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
FullName Text (UTF-8 encoded) 45 Full name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
Wetlands Text (UTF-8 encoded) 83 Wetland summary information The URL of the WetlandSummary page of this area
KML Text (UTF-8 encoded) 105 KML The URL of a simplified KML file depicting this area
TotalArea Double (8 byte floating point) 8 Area (km²) The total area in km²
admintypen Text (UTF-8 encoded) 16 admintypen
adminarean Text (UTF-8 encoded) 32 adminarean
lga_code Text (UTF-8 encoded) 4 lga_code
abbrev_nam Text (UTF-8 encoded) 25 abbrev_nam
lga Text (UTF-8 encoded) 32 lga
ca_area_sq Double (8 byte floating point) 8 ca_area_sq

Modifications

The local government areas layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:

  • Name is the value of the lga field with some modifications:
  • Name removed words "aboriginal", "city", "regional", "shire", "town"
  • Name "Blackall Tambo" corrected to "Blackall-Tambo"
  • WetlandSummary reported area is clipped to coastline

Source layer: Local Government Boundaries - Queensland

(lga/local-government-areas.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2019-12-04
Creation Time
07:28:00
Modification Date
2024-11-08
Modification Time
00:13:52
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Dist Info
Distributor
Distor Cont
Contact—individual name
Resources, Open Data
Contact—organization name
Department of Resources
Contact—position name
Senior Product Officer
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Contact email address
opendata♲resources.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
Local Government Boundaries - Queensland
Date
Publication date
2018-10-18
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Resources, Georesources, SI, SD, Manager Location Data, Department of Resources, Manager Location Data, Spatial Data, Spatial Information
Role
details available on request
Additional human language abstract/description
This Local Government Boundaries Dataset is the spatial representation of the Local Government areas of Queensland.
Resource purpose/summary
Provides boundaries for Local Government Administrative areas.
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Resources, Georesources, SI, SD, Manager Location Data
Contact—organization name
Department of Resources
Contact—position name
Manager Location Data, Spatial Data, Spatial Information
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Contact email address
AdminBoundaries♲resources.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Resources, Georesources, SI, SD, Manager Location Data
Contact—organization name
Department of Resources
Contact—position name
Manager Location Data, Spatial Data, Spatial Information
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Contact email address
AdminBoundaries♲resources.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Theme Keys
Keyword
local government boundary
Keyword
boundary administrative
Thesa Name
Title
Common Search Terms
Theme Keys
Keyword
BOUNDARIES Administrative
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC Search Words
Theme Keys
Keyword
boundaries
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Search Keys
Keyword
Queensland
Keyword
Local Government Areas (LGA)
Keyword
local government boundary
Keyword
boundary administrative
Keyword
BOUNDARIES Administrative
Keyword
boundaries
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations
Please note that the LGB maps still remain the point of truth for local government boundary descriptions.
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
The State of Queensland (Department of Resources)
Res Const
Sec Consts
details available on request
Supplemental information about the data
Projection: Geographic
Scale: Not applicable
Map Number: Not applicable
Horizontal Datum: GDA94
Vertical Datum: Not applicable

The dataset is a reference layer for spatial information systems in Queensland.

For coastal Local Government areas, the Local Government area comprises the mainland and all islands above their respective sea-shores within the encompassed area, except for Brisbane Local Government area, which comprises the mainland above Low-Water Mark and includes the whole of Fisherman, Green, Mud and St Helena Islands (being islands situated in or adjacent to Moreton Bay) above the Low-Water Mark, excepting land lying below High-Water Mark on both banks of the Brisbane River and any other river, creek or stream within the area.

Although Weipa Town LG area is not included in the Local Government Act, it is recognised as a Local Government under the Commonwealth Aluminium Corp Pty Ltd Agreement (Weipa Town Plan) Regulation 1994 Sub Legislation No 339.

Although the Island community councils are also not included in the Local Government Act, they are recognised as Local Governments under the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act and associated Regulations.


The Queensland Locality Boundaries dataset can be downloaded via the Queensland Spatial Catalogue (QSpatial) website:
at http://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/
Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The attributes in the Local Government Boundaries Dataset are Administrative Area Type, Administrative Area Name, LGA Code, Abbreviated Administrative Area Name, Proper Case Administrative Area Name and Area in square kilometres. The attribute accuracy is 98% reliable.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The Local Government Boundaries Dataset consists of polygons in a single layer. Polygons are contiguous with surrounding polygons. Any errors found are corrected and the data reprocessed.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Completeness of coverage : Complete. This dataset contains all the Queensland Local Government Areas constituted under the Local Government Act 1993. This dataset also includes the Weipa Town and the Island community councils recognised under other legislation in order to have a more complete dataset.

Completeness of verification :
The validation process consisted of the visual inspection/comparison of hard copy output against the gazetted departmental Local Government Boundary (LGB)
maps. (Please note that these LGB maps still remain the point of truth for local government boundary descriptions).
Report
Data quality report, measure description
No positional accuracy statements are attached to this file. The positional accuracy of the data is equivalent to that of the DCDB at the time of the extraction. There may be degradation of the positional accuracy in the translation to MapInfo and ArcView formats.
Data Lineage
details available on request

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Local government areas – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/lga/

Queensland Government
WetlandInfo   —   Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation