nsw_admin function

Geospatial data of the New South Wales administrative boundaries.

These include the Unincorporated Far West Region. lga_nsw excludes Jervis Bay Territory and the ACT. poa_nsw includes both territories and some postal areas extend past the state boundary. data

Format

An object of class sf (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 131 rows and 9 columns.

An object of class sf (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 644 rows and 7 columns.

Source

Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3." ABS, Jul2021-Jun2026 (24 July 2024 update), https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026, accessed 29 July 2024.

The original dataset is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, © Commonwealth of Australia 2021.

lga_nsw

poa_nsw

Details

The geometries have been simplified with a tolerance of 750 m to reduce the level of detail.

Functions

• lga_nsw: Local Government Area boundaries of New South Wales.
• poa_nsw: Postal area boundaries of New South Wales.

Examples

library(ggplot2)
ggplot(lga_nsw) + geom_sf(aes(fill = LGA_NAME_2024), show.legend = FALSE)

library(sf)
sf_use_s2(FALSE)

# cut out part of the postcode dataset (it's quite large)
bbox <- st_bbox(c(xmin = 142, xmax = 147, ymin = -33, ymax = -30)) |>
 st_as_sfc(crs = crs_gda2020())
st_crop(poa_nsw, bbox) |>
  ggplot() +
  geom_sf() +
  geom_sf_text(aes(label = POA_CODE_2021), size = 4)

# some postcodes extend past the state boundary
ggplot(nswgeo::poa_nsw) +
  geom_sf(aes(fill = as.integer(POA_NAME_2021)), colour = NA) +
  geom_sf(fill = NA, colour = "red", linewidth = .5, data = nswgeo::nsw) +
  scale_fill_viridis_b("Postal area", option = "H") +
  theme_void()

See Also

poa_lhd_concordance