AUSTRALIAN STATISTICAL GEOGRAPHY STANDARD (ASGS) CORRESPONDENCES
AUSTRALIAN STANDARD GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION (ASGC) CORRESPONDENCES
AUSTRALIAN STATISTICAL GEOGRAPHY STANDARD (ASGS) CORRESPONDENCES
The ABS makes available an extensive range of correspondences to assist with the implementation of the Australian Statistical Standard Geography (ASGS).
Correspondences mathematically reassign data from one geographic region to another. Under the ASGS a new method for building correspondences has been developed. This new method creates more accurate correspondences than previously. As most ABS data relates to population, standard correspondences have a weighting calculated using Mesh Block population data from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Correspondences based on area or other variables are available on request.
For more information on the use of correspondences please refer to:
Information Paper: Converting Data to the Australian Statistical Geography Standard, 2012 (cat. no. 1216.0.55.004).
Several correspondences are available through the online publication:
Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Correspondences, July 2011 (cat. no. 1270.0.55.006).
The table below represents correspondences available for free. Other correspondences, including area weighted correspondences, will be generated on request and may attract a fee.
The ABS will not release correspondences it considers unfit for any reasonable purpose. The ABS will not release correspondences for non-ASGS regions, unless there is an ABS business case for their supply.
How to access correspondences
Standard correspondences, coding indexes and allocation tables are available either from the ABS website or, by emailing: geography@abs.gov.au
The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to us.
Explanations on the differences between correspondences, coding indexes and allocation tables, are provided on the website: Converting Data to the ASGS
ASGS CORRESPONDENCES
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| Locality to Remoteness Areas 2006 Locality to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| Locality to Significant Urban Areas 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| Locality to Urban Centres and Localities 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| Locality to Section of State 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| Locality to SA2 Locality to SA2 | Available on request | Coding index & Population weighted |
| Locality to 2011 SLA Locality to 2011 SLA | Available on request | Coding index & Population weighted |
| Locality to LGA 2011 Locality to LGA 2012 Locality to LGA 2013 Locality to LGA 2014 | Available on request | Coding index & Population weighted |
| Locality to Tourism Regions 2011 Locality to Tourism Regions 2012 Locality to Tourism Regions 2013 Locality to Tourism Regions 2014 | Available on request | Population weighted |
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| Postcode to Remoteness Area Major Cities 2006 | Available on request | Coding index |
| Postcode to Remoteness Areas 2006 Postcode to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Available on request | Coding index |
| Postcode to Remoteness Areas 2006 Postcode to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Population weighted | |
| Postcode to GCCSA | Available on request | Coding index |
| Postcode to SD 2011 | Available on request | Coding index |
| Postcode to SA4 | Available on request | Coding index |
| Postcode to SA2 Postcode to SA3 Postcode to SA4 Postcode to SLA 2011 | Population weighted | |
| Postcode to LGA 2011 | Population weighted | |
| Postcode to LGA 2012 Postcode to LGA 2013 Postcode to LGA 2014 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| Postcode to ABS CED 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| Postcode to IREG 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| Postcode to Section of State 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| Postcode to Significant Urban Area 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
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| Mesh Block to LGA 2011 | Allocation table | |
| Mesh Block to LGA 2012 | Allocation table | |
| Mesh Block to LGA 2013 | Allocation table | |
| Mesh Block to LGA 2014 | Allocation table | |
| Mesh Block, SA1, SA2, SA3, SA4, GCCSA, S/T | Allocation table | |
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| SA1 to Postal Area 2011 (ABS Postcode) | Allocation table | |
| SA1 to ABS CED 2011 | Allocation table | |
| SA1 to State Suburbs 2011 (ABS Suburb/Locality) | Allocation table | |
| SA1 to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Allocation table | |
| SA1 to Indigenous Structure 2011 | Allocation table | |
| SA1 to Urban Centres and Localities (UCL) | Allocation table | |
| SA1 to ABS NRM | Allocation table | |
| SA1 to ABS Australian Drainage Division | Allocation table | |
| SA1 to Statistical Local Area (SLA) 2011 | Population weighted | |
| SA1 to LGA 2011 | Population weighted | |
| SA1 to LGA 2012 SA1 to LGA 2013 SA1 to LGA 2014 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| SA1 to Caring for Our Country Natural Resource Management regions | Available on request | Population weighted |
| SA1 to Bureau of Meteorology Australian Drainage Divisions | Available on request | Population weighted |
| SA1 to Australian Electoral Commission Federal Electoral Divisions 2012 Final version | Available on request | Population weighted |
| 2011 SA1 to Australian Electoral Commission Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2016 | Available on request | Allocation table & Population weighted |
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| SA2 to LGA 2011 | Population weighted | |
| SA2 to LGA 2012 SA2 to LGA 2013 SA2 to LGA 2014 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| SA2 to SLA 2011 | Population weighted | |
| SA2 to SSD 2011 SA2 to SD 2011 SA2 to Remoteness Areas 2011 SA2 to Labour Force Region | Population weighted | |
| SA2 to ABS CED 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| SA2 to Australian Electoral Commission Federal Electoral Divisions 2012 Final version | Available on request | Population weighted |
| SA2 to Caring for Our Country Natural Resource Management regions | Available on request | Population weighted |
| SA2 to Bureau of Meteorology Australian Drainage Divisions | Available on request | Population weighted |
| 2011 SA2 to Australian Electoral Commission Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2016 | Available on request | Allocation table & Population weighted |
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| 2006 SLA to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| 2011 SLA to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Population weighted | |
| 2011 SLA to SA2 2011 SLA to SA3 2011 SLA to SA4 | Population weighted | |
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| 2006 CD to SA1 2006 CD to SA2 2006 CD to SA3 2006 CD to SA4 2006 CD to GCCSA | 1270.0.55.006 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Correspondences | Weighting unit is the same as the from unit and so these are effectively area weighted correspondences. |
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| 2011 SD to SA4 | Population weighted | |
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| 2011 LGA to SA3 2011 LGA to SA4 2011 LGA to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Population weighted | |
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| Labour Force Region to SA4 | Population weighted | |
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| 2006 ILOC to 2011 ILOC | Available on request | Population weighted |
| 2006 IARE to 2011 IARE | Available on request | Population weighted |
| 2006 IREG to 2011 IREG | Available on request | Population weighted |
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| 2011 UCL to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
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| 2011 ILOC to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
| 2011 IARE to Remoteness Areas 2011 | Available on request | Population weighted |
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AUSTRALIAN STANDARD GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION (ASGC) CORRESPONDENCES
The ASGC correspondences used two methods of calculation to produce two types of correspondence files:
- population based correspondences, based on population of whole Census Collection Districts
- area based correspondences, based on overlapping area.
The population weighted calculations express the percentage of the “From” area’s population contained within the “To” area. The area based calculation expresses the percentage of the “From” area contained within the “To” area.
ASGC CORRESPONDENCES AVAILABLE ONLINE
2905.0.55.001 - ABS Postal Area Concordances, Aug 2006
1216.0.15.002 - Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Correspondences
1216.0.15.003 - Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Remoteness Area Correspondences, 2006
For enquiries and to obtain correspondences not available online via the ABS website, please contact the ABS by email at: geography@abs.gov.au
The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to us.
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