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NSW Heat Vulnerability Index to ABS Statistical Area Level 1 2016

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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The NSW Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI) dataset identifies areas to monitor where populations in the Sydney Greater Metropolitan Area are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of urban heat, as of Summer 2015-2016. HVI utilises indicators for exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity to calculate an overall heat vulnerability index. Expressed through the data, a vulnerability of 1 represents a combination of low exposure, low sensitivity and/or high adaptive capacity. A vulnerability of 5 represents high exposure, high sensitivity and/or low adaptive capacity. The calculation of HVI and the inputs to the exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity indicators are explained in the metadata. The HVI data is aggregated to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) polygon dataset to enable spatial analysis to support local policy and decision making. It can be used in conjunction with the NSW urban vegetation cover dataset for the same time period for broader analysis of the relationship of heat to green cover.

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Title NSW Heat Vulnerability Index to ABS Statistical Area Level 1 2016
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/8374b225-59f1-48f0-b7db-c08f0a4c72f6
Remote Last Updated 27/02/2024
Contact Point
Reference Period 10/01/2015 - 30/04/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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    [
      [
        150.27099609375,
        -34.59704151614416
      ],
      [
        150.27099609375,
        -32.87036022808353
      ],
      [
        152.0068359375,
        -32.87036022808353
      ],
      [
        152.0068359375,
        -34.59704151614416
      ],
      [
        150.27099609375,
        -34.59704151614416
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "NSW Heat Vulnerability Index to ABS Statistical Area Level 1 2016". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-nsw-heat-vulnerability-index-to-abs-statistical-area-level-1-2016