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SA2 Aggregated Population & Dwelling Counts 2016 Census for Australia

Created 01/08/2025

Updated 01/08/2025

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This dataset contains counts of the total usual resident population and total dwelling count from the 2016 Census of Population and Housing for Mesh Blocks, aggregated to Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) for the AURIN Portal. Data is current for Census Night 9 August 2016 and describes geographic Australia; including Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but does not include any other external Territory. For more information, refer to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Census of Population and Housing: Mesh Block Counts, Australia, 2016.

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Title SA2 Aggregated Population & Dwelling Counts 2016 Census for Australia
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c5547d71-5dd9-4c3c-8ac0-e12b0268e38b
Remote Last Updated 06/03/2025
Contact Point
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Bureau of Statistics
support@aurin.org.au
Reference Period 06/03/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        113.3,
        -43.5
      ],
      [
        153.7,
        -43.5
      ],
      [
        153.7,
        -12.2
      ],
      [
        113.3,
        -12.2
      ],
      [
        113.3,
        -43.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network "SA2 Aggregated Population & Dwelling Counts 2016 Census for Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.aurin.org.au/dataset/au-govt-abs-sa2-aggregated-pop-and-dwelling-counts-census-2016-sa2-2016