Population & Income Data from the 2021 ABS Census - postcode_boundaries_australia - Latest

Postcodes Australia Product Guide
Product type
Data
Portfolio
Enrich
Product family
Enrich Boundaries > Postcode and Administrative Boundaries
Product
Postcode Boundaries Australia
Version
Latest
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en-US
Product name
Postcodes Australia
ft:title
Postcodes Australia Product Guide
Copyright
2023
First publish date
2000
ft:lastEdition
2024-12-05
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2024-12-05T05:43:03.712000

The following demographic fields are available in the Postcodes table:

TOTAL_POPULATION
  • Calculates the total number of persons within a postcode by summing whole Mesh Block areas and apportioning partial Mesh Blocks that fall within multiple postcodes based on area.
DWELLINGS_OCCUPIED_PRIVATE
  • Calculates the total number of Occupied, Private Dwellings within a postcode by summing whole Mesh Blocks and apportioning partial Mesh Blocks that fall within multiple postcodes based on area.
MEDIAN_PERSONAL_INCOME
  • Calculates the approximate median personal income of a postcode using a weighted average of persons earning income within associated SA1s.
MEDIAN_HOUSEHOLD_INCOME
  • Calculates the approximate median household income of a postcode using a weighted average of household income within associated SA1s.
POPULATION_DENSITY
  • Calculates the population per square kilometer of postcodes using the area of a postcode divided by the TOTAL_POPULATION calculated above.

Mesh Blocks

  • These are the smallest geography in the new ASGS and contain approximately 30-60 dwellings. Please refer to the Australian Bureau of Statistics page for updated edition of Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

SA1

  • Statistical Area Level 1, the smallest geographical unit for which ABS census data is currently available. Please refer to the Australian Bureau of Statistics page for updated edition of Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).