What support does the ABS provide for geocoding?
The ABS facilitates the process of geocoding to both the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) and the Australian Standard Geographic Classification (ASGC) by providing several supporting datasets. a. Locality to SLA and Locality to SA2 correspondences The ABS provides (on request) a Locality to SLA correspondence that allows users to link data associated with suburbs and locality names to their corresponding SLA. This provides a geocoding process between suburbs/localities and the ASGC. These data are derived from the Geocoded National Address File (G-NAF) and are updated on a yearly basis. A similar product, the Locality to SA2 correspondence will provide a geocoding process between suburbs/localities and the ASGS.
