Address: Federal Electorate

Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (CED) are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) federal electoral division boundaries. An Australian Electoral Commission electoral division boundary is an area legally prescribed for the purpose of returning one member to the House of Representatives, Australia's Federal Lower House of Parliament. Boundaries are based on the Australian Electoral Commission electoral division boundaries available prior to publication. Commonwealth Electoral Divisions may change as the Australian Electoral Commission revise their boundaries. Where this occurs, Commonwealth Electoral Divisions will be updated on an annual basis in conjunction with updates of other Non ABS Structures. Please note that ABS approximated boundaries do not match official legal or administrative boundaries and should only be used for statistical purposes. Further information about these regions can be found in the following publication: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026

Purpose: Commonwealth Electoral Divisions developed by the ABS enable the comparison of ABS data with other data collected using Commonwealth Electoral Divisions as the geographic reference. Commonwealth Electoral Divisions do not generally cross State and Territory borders but there are three exceptions. Norfolk Island is included in the Australia Capital Territory electorate of Bean; Jervis Bay Territory is included in the Australian Capital Territory electorate of Fenner; and the Territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are included in the Northern Territory electorate of Lingiari.

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