What is the ASGS?

About the standard The Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) is a set of geographical data that can be analysed together for different purposes. The data are from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other organisations.

What are statistical area levels?

Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2s) are functional areas that represent a community that interacts together socially and economically. They often align with Suburb and Locality boundaries to improve the geographic coding of data to these areas. In major urban areas SA2s often reflect one or more related suburbs.

What is an aria score?

The Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+) is an index of the accessibility of places to service centres, or conversely of remoteness of places. Geographical areas are given a score (continuous between 0 to 15) based on the road distance to service towns of different sizes.

What is SA4 data?

Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4s) are geographic areas built from whole Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s). SA4s are the largest sub-state regions in the Main Structure of the ASGS and are designed for the output of a variety of regional data, including data from the 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

How many SA2s are there in Qld?

The table below provides individual maps for each of the 546 SA2s within Queensland in a pdf format.

What are statistical areas Australia?

Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s) are geographic areas built from whole Mesh Blocks. Whole SA1s aggregate to form Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s). SA1s are designed to maximise the geographic detail available for Census of Population and Housing data.

Is SA1 bigger than SA2?

SA1s are referred to by number only. Their numbers are extensions of SA2 numbers. SA2s are similar in size to suburbs, and are called by suburb names. This is the smallest granularity Centrelink data is available.

What is SA2 mapping?

Statistical area level 2 (SA2) is one of the spatial units defined under the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). The ASGS is a hierarchical geographical classification, defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which is used in the collection and dissemination of official statistics.

How is remoteness measured?

The remoteness index of a CSD is determined by two key parameters: (1) the proximity to all population centres (PopCtr) within a given radius that permits daily accessibility; and (2) the population size of each population centre, used as a proxy of service availability.

How does ABS define remoteness?

Remoteness Areas are based on the Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+), produced by the Hugo Centre for Population and Migration Studies. Remoteness Areas are aggregates of SA1s that are grouped together based on their average ARIA+ score.

What is the Australian standard geographical classification?

First introduced in 2011, the ASGS replaced the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) that had been in use since 1984. The ASGS is a social geography, developed to reflect the location of people and communities, and used for the release and analysis of statistics and other data.

How are statistical areas in the ASGs built?

All statistical areas in the ASGS, both ABS and Non ABS Structures, are built up from Mesh Blocks. As a result the design of Mesh Blocks takes into account many factors including administrative boundaries such as Cadastre, Suburbs and Localities and LGAs as well as land uses and dwelling distribution.

What is the ASGs?

Frequently Asked Questions The Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) provides a framework of statistical areas used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other organisations to enable the publication of statistics that are comparable and spatially integrated.

What is a Level 1 statistical area?

Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s) are designed to maximise the spatial detail available for Census data. Most SA1s have a population of between 200 to 800 persons with an average population of approximately 400 persons.