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Address: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Meshblock, Code

Definition

Mesh Blocks are the smallest geographic areas defined by the ABS and form the building blocks for the larger regions of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). They broadly identify land use such as residential, commercial, primary production and parks. Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s) are generally the smallest geographic unit used to release Census of Population and Housing data; however, for ASGS Edition 3, limited Census of Population and Housing data may also be available at the Mesh Block level.

As Mesh Blocks are very small they can be combined together to accurately approximate a large range of other geographies.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Address: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Meshblock, Code

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Mesh Block (MB) Code (ASGS 2021) ".
Data Type Number
Format N(11)
Maximum character length 11

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Information Class
  • Location

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 11
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0