Organisation: Local Government Area, LGA Label X

Type: Data Element
Identifiers: UUID - 868ae770-5137-11ee-bc3a-0a58a9feac02; Registry ID - 9547
Stewardship Organisation: NSW Department of Education
Endorsed by: FACSIAR Data Governance Committee : Standard on June 12, 2025

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Last updated: 12 June 2025
Created: 12 September 2023
Supersedes: None
Superseded by: None
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Definition

The local government area, as referred to by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), that an organisation is located.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Organisation: Local Government Area, LGA Label X

Data Element Concept
Organisation: Local Government Area
- Object Class
  Organisation
- Property
  Local Government Area
Value Domain
NSW LGA Label X

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " NSW LGA Label X ".

Description	[LGA Code] LGA Name
Data Type	CHARACTERSTRING

Values

	Value	Meaning	Start Date	End Date
Permissible Values	Albury	[10050] Albury	None	None
	Armidale	[10180] Armidale	None	None
	Ballina	[10250] Ballina	None	None
	Balranald	[10300] Balranald	None	None
	Bathurst	[10470] Bathurst	None	None
	Bayside (NSW)	[10500] Bayside (NSW)	None	None
	Bega Valley	[10550] Bega Valley	None	None
	Bellingen	[10600] Bellingen	None	None
	Berrigan	[10650] Berrigan	None	None
	Blacktown	[10750] Blacktown	None	None
	Bland	[10800] Bland	None	None
	Blayney	[10850] Blayney	None	None
	Blue Mountains	[10900] Blue Mountains	None	None
	Bogan	[10950] Bogan	None	None
	Bourke	[11150] Bourke	None	None
	Brewarrina	[11200] Brewarrina	None	None
	Broken Hill	[11250] Broken Hill	None	None
	Burwood	[11300] Burwood	None	None
	Byron	[11350] Byron	None	None
	Cabonne	[11400] Cabonne	None	None
	Camden	[11450] Camden	None	None
	Campbelltown (NSW)	[11500] Campbelltown (NSW)	None	None
	Canada Bay	[11520] Canada Bay	None	None
	Canterbury-Bankstown	[11570] Canterbury-Bankstown	None	None
	Carrathool	[11600] Carrathool	None	None
	Central Coast (NSW)	[11650] Central Coast (NSW)	None	None
	Central Darling	[11700] Central Darling	None	None
	Cessnock	[11720] Cessnock	None	None
	Clarence Valley	[11730] Clarence Valley	None	None
	Cobar	[11750] Cobar	None	None
	Coffs Harbour	[11800] Coffs Harbour	None	None
	Coolamon	[12000] Coolamon	None	None
	Coonamble	[12150] Coonamble	None	None
	Cootamundra-Gundagai	[12160] Cootamundra-Gundagai	None	None
	Cowra	[12350] Cowra	None	None
	Cumberland	[12380] Cumberland	None	None
	Dubbo	[12390] Dubbo	None	None
	Dungog	[12700] Dungog	None	None
	Edward River	[12730] Edward River	None	None
	Eurobodalla	[12750] Eurobodalla	None	None
	Fairfield	[12850] Fairfield	None	None
	Federation	[12870] Federation	None	None
	Forbes	[12900] Forbes	None	None
	Georges River	[12930] Georges River	None	None
	Gilgandra	[12950] Gilgandra	None	None
	Glen Innes Severn	[13010] Glen Innes Severn	None	None
	Goulburn Mulwaree	[13310] Goulburn Mulwaree	None	None
	Greater Hume	[13340] Greater Hume	None	None
	Griffith	[13450] Griffith	None	None
	Gunnedah	[13550] Gunnedah	None	None
	Gwydir	[13660] Gwydir	None	None
	Hawkesbury	[13800] Hawkesbury	None	None
	Hay	[13850] Hay	None	None
	Hilltops	[13910] Hilltops	None	None
	Hornsby	[14000] Hornsby	None	None
	Hunters Hill	[14100] Hunters Hill	None	None
	Inner West	[14170] Inner West	None	None
	Inverell	[14220] Inverell	None	None
	Junee	[14300] Junee	None	None
	Kempsey	[14350] Kempsey	None	None
	Kiama	[14400] Kiama	None	None
	Ku-ring-gai	[14500] Ku-ring-gai	None	None
	Kyogle	[14550] Kyogle	None	None
	Lachlan	[14600] Lachlan	None	None
Lake Macquarie	[14650] Lake Macquarie	None	None
Lane Cove	[14700] Lane Cove	None	None
Leeton	[14750] Leeton	None	None
Lismore	[14850] Lismore	None	None
Lithgow	[14870] Lithgow	None	None
Liverpool	[14900] Liverpool	None	None
Liverpool Plains	[14920] Liverpool Plains	None	None
Lockhart	[14950] Lockhart	None	None
Maitland	[15050] Maitland	None	None
Mid-Coast	[15240] Mid-Coast	None	None
Mid-Western	[15270] Mid-Western	None	None
Moree Plains	[15300] Moree Plains	None	None
Mosman	[15350] Mosman	None	None
Murray River	[15520] Murray River	None	None
Murrumbidgee	[15560] Murrumbidgee	None	None
Muswellbrook	[15650] Muswellbrook	None	None
Nambucca Valley	[15700] Nambucca Valley	None	None
Narrabri	[15750] Narrabri	None	None
Narrandera	[15800] Narrandera	None	None
Narromine	[15850] Narromine	None	None
Newcastle	[15900] Newcastle	None	None
North Sydney	[15950] North Sydney	None	None
Northern Beaches	[15990] Northern Beaches	None	None
Oberon	[16100] Oberon	None	None
Orange	[16150] Orange	None	None
Parkes	[16200] Parkes	None	None
Parramatta	[16260] Parramatta	None	None
Penrith	[16350] Penrith	None	None
Port Macquarie-Hastings	[16380] Port Macquarie-Hastings	None	None
Port Stephens	[16400] Port Stephens	None	None
Queanbeyan-Palerang	[16490] Queanbeyan-Palerang	None	None
Randwick	[16550] Randwick	None	None
Richmond Valley	[16610] Richmond Valley	None	None
Ryde	[16700] Ryde	None	None
Shellharbour	[16900] Shellharbour	None	None
Shoalhaven	[16950] Shoalhaven	None	None
Singleton	[17000] Singleton	None	None
Snowy Monaro	[17040] Snowy Monaro	None	None
Snowy Valleys	[17080] Snowy Valleys	None	None
Strathfield	[17100] Strathfield	None	None
Sutherland	[17150] Sutherland	None	None
Sydney	[17200] Sydney	None	None
Tamworth	[17310] Tamworth	None	None
Temora	[17350] Temora	None	None
Tenterfield	[17400] Tenterfield	None	None
The Hills	[17420] The Hills	None	None
Tweed	[17550] Tweed	None	None
Upper Hunter	[17620] Upper Hunter	None	None
Upper Lachlan	[17640] Upper Lachlan	None	None
Uralla	[17650] Uralla	None	None
Wagga Wagga	[17750] Wagga Wagga	None	None
Walcha	[17850] Walcha	None	None
Walgett	[17900] Walgett	None	None
Warren	[17950] Warren	None	None
Warrumbungle	[18020] Warrumbungle	None	None
Waverley	[18050] Waverley	None	None
Weddin	[18100] Weddin	None	None
Wentworth	[18200] Wentworth	None	None
Willoughby	[18250] Willoughby	None	None
Wingecarribee	[18350] Wingecarribee	None	None
Wollondilly	[18400] Wollondilly	None	None
Wollongong	[18450] Wollongong	None	None
Woollahra	[18500] Woollahra	None	None
Yass Valley	[18710] Yass Valley	None	None
Unincorporated NSW	[19399] Unincorporated NSW	None	None
No usual address (NSW)	[19499] No usual address (NSW)	None	None
Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (NSW)	[19799] Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (NSW)	None	None

Comments

Local Government Areas (LGAs) are an ABS approximation of officially gazetted LGAs as defined by each State and Territory Local Government Department. The boundaries produced for LGAs are constructed from allocations of whole Mesh Blocks (MBs). The ABS reviews LGAs on an annual basis with changes implemented by inclusion or exclusion of whole MBs.

LGAs cover incorporated areas of Australia. Incorporated areas are legally designated parts of States and Territories over which incorporated local governing bodies have responsibility. There are major areas of Australia not administered by incorporated bodies such as the northern parts of South Australia, all of the Australian Capital Territory and the Other Territories. These regions are defined as 'Unincorporated' in the ABS LGA structure.

A LGA is identifiable by a 5-digit code. The LGA identifier is a 4-digit code preceded by the state/territory identifier. A LGA code is only unique within a state/territory if it is preceded by the state/territory identifier.

For example:

State/territory	LGA
N	NNNN

Origin

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas July 2016. ABS cat. no. 1270.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS.

Relation	Count
Input in Derivations	0
Output in Derivations	0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications	0
Inclusion in Data Distributions	2
As a numerator in an Indicator	0
As a denominator in an Indicator	0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator	0

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