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Postal Areas, Australia 2016

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Postal Areas, Australia 2016
Description 
Postal Areas (POAs)2016 are an Australian Bureau of Statistics(ABS) approximation of Australia Post postcodes for use with Census 2016 statistics.

A postcode is a four digit number used by Australia Post to assist with mail delivery. Australia Post does not currently define geographic boundaries for postcodes. However, a number of organisations create geographic boundaries that aim to define the geographic extent of the mail delivery area for each postcode. Defining postcodes with a geographic boundary is an imprecise process, and this is demonstrated by the fact that there are variations in boundaries released by different organisations. Additionally postcodes cover most, but not all, of Australia; for example, western Tasmania is not covered by a postcode. In developing Postal Areas, each Mesh Block is allocated to a single Australia Post postcode. Postal Areas derived in this way only approximate postcode boundaries. Mesh Block allocations are based on the distribution of estimated population within each Mesh Block, not on the total area. These allocations have been determined using the best available information on postcode boundaries. 


Further information about these regions can be found in the following publication: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structure, July 2016 (cat no. 1270.0.55.003).
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Type
data
ISO Category
boundaries
Tags
administrative boundaries, postcodes
Version
2016
Update Frequency
irregular
Access Constraint
Public
Cost
N/A
Resolution
10m
Reference Territory
Au AU, Australia
Covered Region Name
Australia
Granularity
Postal Areas
Bounding Box
North: -9.57908434°
East: 153.85253906°
South: -43.51668854°
West: 113.24707031°
Reference Period
from: 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC
to: 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC

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First Published
2016-09-19 12:54:31 UTC
Last Updated
2016-09-25 02:18:33 UTC
Content 
2,668 Postal Areas covering continental Australia. "No Usual Address" and "Migratory-Offshore-Shipping" are represented as non-spatial objects in the digital boundaries.
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