Precinct Boundary data for Melbourne's Growth areas and Urban Renewal / Regional projects the VPA is involved with. The declared growth areas of Melbourne have been divided into over 110 precincts. The VPA Precinct Boundaries layer contains the boundaries of each of these precincts. As of January 2022, the data now also includes all Completed and Current precincts that the VPA is working on in: • Regional Victoria • Urban Renewal Areas (established Melbourne) This is a new (improved!) version of the Greenfield PSP boundary data, with additional attributes including: • Type (identifying the main output of the project, such as PSP, ICP, CDP, etc)) • Lead Agency • Status • Website URL for precinct (where available) • Gazette Date for completed precincts • Project Category (to identify Greenfield, Regional or Urban Renewal precincts) Full description and metadata document available here - https://vpa.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/VPA-Greenfields-PSP-Spatial-Data-Metadata_v5.pdf

The digital Suburb/Locality Boundaries and their legal identifiers have been derived from the cadastre data from each state and territory jurisdiction and are available below. Suburb/Locality Boundaries are part of Geoscape Administrative Boundaries, which is built and maintained by [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/) using authoritative government data. Further information about contributors to Administrative Boundaries is available [here](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/). The full Administrative Boundaries dataset comprises seven Geoscape products: * Localities * Local Government Areas (LGAs) * Wards * Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Boundaries, * Electoral Boundaries * State Boundaries and * Town Points Updated versions of Administrative Boundaries are published on a quarterly basis. Users have the option to download datasets with feature coordinates referencing either GDA94 or GDA2020 datums. **There were no updates in the February 2025 release** Further information on Administrative Boundaries, including FAQs on the data, is available [here](https://geoscape.com.au/data/administrative-boundaries/) through Geoscape Australia’s network of [partners](https://geoscape.com.au/partners/). They provide a range of commercial products based on Administrative Boundaries, including software solutions, consultancy and support. Note: On 1 October 2020, PSMA Australia Limited began trading as Geoscape Australia. ## License Information The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under an [open CCBY 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). **Users must also note the following attribution requirements:** _Preferred attribution for the Licensed Material:_ > _Administrative Boundaries © [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/) licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under_ [_Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)_](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). _Preferred attribution for Adapted Material:_ > _Incorporates or developed using Administrative Boundaries © [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/) licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under_ [_Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)_](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Each 'Precinct Structure Plan' describes the planned land uses for new development in specific parts of Melbourne’s Growth Areas. The official Future Urban Structure (FUS) plan (also now known as a ‘Place Based Plan’) for any individual area is contained in the approved PSP documents incorporated into the relevant municipal planning schemes for that area. Copies are available as *pdf downloads on the VPA website or from the relevant municipality. The Victorian Planning Authority’s (VPA’s) FUS LandUse data has been generated by amalgamating individual PSP data. Various PSPs have been generated over many years and by different organisations and processes. This FUS data is therefore a simplified combination of data that originally comprised different formats and structures.

This layer supersedes Ward Boundaries (LGATE-051) A digital representation of the local government Ward boundaries for the state of Western Australia. Ward boundaries are being progressively added. Not all local governments are divided into wards. Local government councillors are elected to represent either the whole local government or a particular ward. Derived from the Spatial Cadastral Database (SCDB) and based on GDA 94. Updated regularly when amendments/changes are formalised. For more information, please contact your Landgate Service Manager or email BusinessSolutions@landgate.wa.gov.au. © Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate). Use of Landgate data is subject to Personal Use License terms and conditions unless otherwise authorised under approved License terms and conditions.

The LIST Local Government Areas data set depicts gazetted Local Government Boundaries for the 29 Municipalities in the State of Tasmania. These were proclaimed in 1993. Since then there has only been a couple of very minor adjustments to these boundaries to conform to gazetted amendments. Local Government Boundaries legally extend to Low Water Mark and include offshore rocks and islands adjacent to the coastline, irrespective of where the digital boundary may portray. Attributes include Local Government Area name, three-digit Municipal (LGA) code and Central Plan Register (CPR) plan reference number.

The digital Local Government Areas and their legal identifiers have been derived from the cadastre data from each Australian state and territory jurisdiction and are available below. Local Government Areas are part of Geoscape Administrative Boundaries, which is built and maintained by [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/) using authoritative government data. Further information about contributors to Administrative Boundaries is available [here](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/). The full Administrative Boundaries dataset comprises seven Geoscape products: * Localities * Local Government Areas (LGAs) * Wards * Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Boundaries, * Electoral Boundaries * State Boundaries and * Town Points Updated versions of Administrative Boundaries are published on a quarterly basis. Users have the option to download datasets with feature coordinates referencing either GDA94 or GDA2020 datums. **There were no updates in the February 2025 release** Further information on Administrative Boundaries, including FAQs on the data, is available [here](https://geoscape.com.au/data/administrative-boundaries/) through Geoscape Australia’s network of [partners](https://geoscape.com.au/partners/). They provide a range of commercial products based on Administrative Boundaries, including software solutions, consultancy and support. Note: On 1 October 2020, PSMA Australia Limited began trading as Geoscape Australia. ## License Information The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under an [open CCBY 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). **Users must also note the following attribution requirements:** _Preferred attribution for the Licensed Material:_ > _Administrative Boundaries © [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/) licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under_ [_Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)_](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). _Preferred attribution for Adapted Material:_ > _Incorporates or developed using Administrative Boundaries © [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/) licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under_ [_Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)_](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

The LIST Legislative Council Divisions data set contains boundaries of the 15 Electoral Divisions for the Legislative Council (Upper House) within the State of Tasmania. The boundaries of the current divisions were determined by the Legislative Council Redistribution Tribunal on 20 May 2017. Legislative Council Divisions polygon attributes include: Polygon Persistent Identifier (LEG_CNL_ID) Full name for a Legislative Council Division (NAME) The Central Plan Office number of the plan defining the boundary (PLAN) The Redistribution Date (COMMENTS)

Victoria’s 79 municipalities plus unincorporated Victoria are listed as LGAs. Victoria in Future projections are an estimate of the future size, distribution and composition of the population. The projections give an idea of what is likely to happen if current trends continue. They are developed using mathematical models and expert knowledge, relying on trend analysis and assumptions about future change. VIF projections are an important guide for planning and building for our future. State and local governments and agencies use the projections to plan for land use and development, infrastructure, services and programs. Developers and businesses use them to analyse potential markets, for example future demands for dwellings, goods and services and labour supply. Clause 11.02 of the State Planning Policy Framework explicitly requires planning for urban growth to have consideration to Victorian Government population projections. VIF2023 is not an exact prediction or forecast of the future. Uncertainty about the future increases over longer projection horizons and with smaller disaggregations, geographic or sectoral. Different policy settings and changes in the economy could result in changes to the expected size, distribution and characteristics of the population.