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Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id

ANZVI0803003590 

Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema

VMADMIN:WARD_2008 

Jurisdiction

Victoria 

Topic category

• Planning cadastre
• Environment
• Boundaries

Resource Constraints

Use limitation

Data available via www.data.vic.gov.au 

Classification

Unclassified 

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Other Dataset Details

Date (Revision)

2021-03-17

Date (Publication)

2023-11-28T09:43:14

Status

Completed 

Purpose

Vicmap Admin provides an accurate representation of various adminstrative boundaries across Victoria, at a capture scale of 1:25,000 or better. It is used in a variety of applications, particularly in emergency services, natural resource management, planning and development, and digital map publications. 

Supplemental Information

Relationship to other Datasets: This layer is related to the LGA_POLYGON boundaries. No WARDS should cross an LGA boundary (excepting that there are slivers and overlaps currently within this dataset). Related Documents: None https://www.land.vic.gov.au/maps-and-spatial/spatial-data/vicmap-catalogue 

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed 

Maintenance date (Publication)

2022-05-19T16:06:45

Spatial

Spatial representation type

Vector 

Reference system identifier

4283

Temporal

Begin date

2008-11-01 

End date

2012-07-01 

Resolution

Horizontal Accuracy

3m 

Quality

Conceptual Consistency

Topologically Structured. WARD boundaries may contain overlaps and slivers due to maintenance regime. It is the intention that these will be removed over the next 12 months. 

Missing Data

Complete 

Attribute Quality

Approx. 99%. The methodology used in the establishment of the WARDS was primarily a self-checking process. Further QA was done via a cycle of maps produced for shires. Maintenance of the WARD data set has been done at the Victorian Electoral Commission. 

Positional Accuracy

Varies as per scale of capture of VicMap Property. Vicmap Property is classified as 'BB' accuracy, ie. 90% of well-defined features are within 1mm, at plot scale, of their true position, eg. 1:500 equates to +/- 0.5metre and 1:25,000 equates to +/- 25 metres. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the spatial accuracy of the major part of the data set, at all scales is frequently better than BB. Within the metropolitan area, 'Melbourne Water' requires subdivisions exceeding nine lots to be submitted in digital form. When input into the base, every effort is made to use this 'survey accurate' data to extend the accuracy of the immediately surrounding detail. No 'shift' of data as a means of 'cartographic enhancement' to facilitate presentation has been employed for any real world feature. 

Lineage

Statement

Dataset Source: The WARD boundaries dataset for Victoria was established by the Department for Victorian Communities, Local Government Victoria. The Victorian Electoral Commission is contracted to VEC to maintain these boundaries on behalf of the 79 Municipalities. Dataset Originality: Derived 

Attributes

Column Name	Obligation	Unique	Data Type	Data Length	Data Precision	Data Scale	Reference Table Owner	Reference Table Name	Reference Table Code Column Name	Short Column Name	Definition
EFFECTIVE_FROM	O	N	DATE	7						EFFEC_FROM	Effective from date
EFFECTIVE_TO	O	N	DATE	7						EFFEC_TO	Effective to date
PFI	O	N	VARCHAR2	15						PFI	Persistent Feature Identifier. Assigned at the creation of the feature and is retained for the life of the feature.
WARD_TYPE	O	N	VARCHAR2	30						WARD_TYPE	Describes whether the LGA is unsubdivided or divided into separate wards.
WARD_LABEL	O	N	VARCHAR2	40						WARD_LABEL	Full name of the Ward in upper and lower case, designed for label use
WARD_NAME	O	N	VARCHAR2	30						WARD_NAME	Common name of the Ward as defined by the Electoral Boundaries Commission
LAST_REVIEWED_DATE	O	N	DATE	7						LASTREVIEW	Last reviewed date
WARD_NUM	O	N	VARCHAR2	10						WARD_NUM	Unique code assigned to each ward
LGA_CODE	O	N	VARCHAR2	3						LGA_CODE	A unique code identifying the LGA.
LGA_NAME	O	N	VARCHAR2	45						LGA_NAME	The name of the Local Government Area.
UFI_CREATED	O	N	DATE	7						UFI_CR	The date the UFI was created
MEMBERS	O	N	VARCHAR2	2						MEMBERS	Number of members in that ward
UFI	O	N	NUMBER	22	14	0				UFI	Database wide Unique Feature identifier

About the Metadata Record

Metadata identifier

urn:uuid / c91d54fa-dafe-599b-b9a1-e8a3d79edb41

Resource Type

Dataset 

Date info (Creation)

Date info (Revision)

2025-08-06T11:50:19

Standard Name

ISO 19115-3:2018 

Profile Name

DELWP Profile 

Profile Version

Version 1 

Profile Date

2019-05-24 

Metadata Constraints

Classification

Unclassified