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Population Density

Created 21/12/2025

Updated 21/12/2025

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This resource is a map of coastal population areas for statistical Areas level 2.

ABS Population and people themed data items published in 2022 by Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2), 2021 This dataset presents a range of data items sourced from a wide variety of collections, both Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and non-ABS. The data is derived from the 22 November 2023 release of Data by region (DBR) . Individual data items present the latest reference year data available on DBR. This layer presents data by Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2), 2021. The Population and people theme is based on groupings of data within Data by region (DBR). Concepts, sources and methods for each dataset can be found on the Data by region methodology page. The Population and people theme includes: Estimated resident population (including age by sex) Births and deaths Internal and overseas migration Census data When analysing these statistics, care needs to be taken as time periods, definitions, methodologies, scope, and coverage can differ across collections. Some data values have been randomly adjusted or suppressed to avoid the release of confidential data. In some cases small cells have been randomly altered to zero. Care should be taken when interpreting cells with small numbers or zeros.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Population Density
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/060e7ae0-b878-49d8-9f81-f0a13564e34d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
geography@abs.gov.au
Reference Period 15/12/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        96.81694139,
        -43.7405096
      ],
      [
        167.998035,
        -43.7405096
      ],
      [
        167.998035,
        -9.14217598
      ],
      [
        96.81694139,
        -9.14217598
      ],
      [
        96.81694139,
        -43.7405096
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Population Density". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/population-density