Suburb or locality explained Demographic Concept

Abbreviated as SAL; referenced by 0 other explainers

A suburb or locality is the ABS version of a named suburb or town. The ABS builds each one from mesh blocks to follow the named place as closely as it can. Together they cover all of Australia.

A suburb or locality can cross a council boundary. On the areas map, one that reaches into the council is drawn whole, the same way as a statistical area 2. The layer helps users find place names they know. Forecasts are made for the council and its small areas.

Sources

• ABS Geography Standard (ASGS), ABS