List of Cities in Australia
Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics, would you be able to provide me with a list of urban areas/localities in Australia by state? I have been looking for a while but can't find a concrete list. Preferably this would include population figures from the 2021 census and geographical coordinates, but it's completely fine if that's impossible.
Yours faithfully, Theodora McIntosh
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email.
The Freedom of Information Act allows for requests of documents rather
than information. However, there is publicly available information that
should satisfy your request.
The ABS has published statistical breakdowns of regional populations from
the 2021 Census at the following link: [1]Regional population, 2021-22
financial year | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au). This
webpage contains information about the breakdown of Australia's population
by various geographical areas. Under the 'data downloads' section you can
access spreadsheets in a variety of forms. I have attached a copy of two
of the aforementioned spreadsheets, which includes the full data for
population estimates and components by Local Government Area (LGA) and
Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2).
(See attached file: 32180DS0002_2021-22r.xlsx)(See attached file:
32180DS0001_2021-22r (1).xlsx)
I hope this information satisfies your request. If it does, could you
please respond by email by COB Tuesday 24 October 2023 confirming that you
are withdrawing your request?
Kind regards,
Adam
Freedom of Information
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Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics, would you be able to provide me with
a list of urban areas/localities in Australia by state? I have been
looking for a while but can't find a concrete list. Preferably this would
include population figures from the 2021 census and geographical
coordinates, but it's completely fine if that's impossible.
Yours faithfully, Theodora McIntosh
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Adam
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Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email.
The Freedom of Information Act allows for requests of documents rather
than information. However, there is publicly available information that
should satisfy your request.
The ABS has published statistical breakdowns of regional populations from
the 2021 Census at the following link: [3]Regional population, 2021-22
financial year | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au). This
webpage contains information about the breakdown of Australia's population
by various geographical areas. Under the 'data downloads' section you can
access spreadsheets in a variety of forms. I have attached a copy of two
of the aforementioned spreadsheets, which includes the full data for
population estimates and components by Local Government Area (LGA) and
Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2).
(See attached file: 32180DS0002_2021-22r.xlsx)(See attached file:
32180DS0001_2021-22r (1).xlsx)
I hope this information satisfies your request. If it does, could you
please respond by email by COB Tuesday 24 October 2023 confirming that you
are withdrawing your request?
Kind regards,
Adam
Freedom of Information
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Branch
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics, would you be able to provide me with
a list of urban areas/localities in Australia by state? I have been
looking for a while but can't find a concrete list. Preferably this would
include population figures from the 2021 census and geographical
coordinates, but it's completely fine if that's impossible.
Yours faithfully, Theodora McIntosh
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[FOI #10771 email]
Is [ABS request email] the wrong address for Freedom of
Information requests to Australian Bureau of Statistics? If so, please
contact us using this form:
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message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
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Dear Theodora,
Please find attached the response from the ABS regarding your Freedom of
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Regards,
Adam Horrigan
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