Postcodes Australia 2018.02 Product Guide Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor or its representatives. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of Pitney Bowes, Suite 1, Level 1, 68 Waterloo Road, Macquarie Park NSW 2113, Australia (telephone +61.2.9437.6255; fax +61.2.9439.1773). © 2018 Pitney Bowes. All rights reserved. Products named herein may be trademarks of their respective manufacturers and are hereby recognised. Trademarked names are used editorially, to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intent to infringe on the trademark. Licence The product is supplied on the terms and conditions specified in the separate Licence Agreement. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions may lead to the termination of the licence. Customers wishing to install or copy the Data onto more than one computer should apply for a Multi-user Licence. Customers wishing to provide a bureau service for others or to use the Data for the benefit of or on behalf of any others should apply for a Bureau Licence or a Special Licence. Acknowledgement Pitney Bowes is the largest distributor of digital spatial data products in Australia. By nurturing solid relationships with authoritative data suppliers, such as those acknowledged below, State / Territory jurisdictions, and through the significant feedback from our customer base (refer to Data Support and Feedback on page 15), Pitney Bowes is able to offer cost effective digital data products that meet the current and future needs of our customers. Specific Data Output Acknowledgements Please find below relative copyright/disclaimer material for the suppliers referenced above. You must ensure, pursuant to the End User License Agreement, also referenced above, that you include this information, and associated logo, on any data output generated from this product. © 2018 Pitney Bowes Software Inc. All rights reserved. Pitney Bowes Software Inc. is the largest distributor of digital spatial data products in Australia. By nurturing solid relationships with PSMA Australia, State/Territory jurisdictions and its significant customer base, Pitney Bowes Pty Ltd is able to offer cost effective digital data products that meet the current and future needs of the Australian marketplace. This quality spatial data product has been compiled from field capture surveys and with the assistance of content suppliers like those referenced below. Administrative Boundaries (c) 2018 PSMA Australia Ptd Ltd. All rights reserved. Based on Suburb and Locality boundaries, used under license from PSMA Australia. PSMA Australia does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of information in this publication and any person using or relying upon such information does so on the basis that PSMA Australia shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any errors, faults, defects or omissions in the information. Australia Post Corporation http://www.auspost.com.au © Australian Postal Corporation 2018. The Postcode Boundary mapping information is Australian Postal Corporation Copyright. 1 - Introduction 4 Overview 5 Limitations 5 Feedback 5 2 - Installation 6 3 - Layer Descriptions 7 Gazetted Suburbs versus Australia Post Listed Localities 8 Generation of PB’s Postcodes Boundaries 8 Table Structure 9 Postcode table (AUS_PC.TAB) and Extended Postcode Table 9 Locality Index Table 10 Postcode Incremental table 10 Data Dictionary 10 Implementation of an Incremental Update 11 Population & Income Data from the 2016 ABS Census 11 4 - System Information 13 Metadata 14 Projection/Datum 14 A - Data Support and Feedback 15 Feedback Process 16 The Feedback Database keeps track of progress on each item. Follow-up action and advice are provided wherever necessary. 16 Pitney Bowes 3 March 2018 1 – Introduction Welcome to the Product Guide for Postcodes Australia, which is a boundary data representation of all postcodes in Australia. The product is an excellent reference layer for StreetPro Australia or CadastralPlus Australia. In this chapter Overview 5 Limitations 5 Feedback 5 Postcodes Australia Product Guide Overview PostCodes Australia is a spatial data product that has been derived from a number of sources, including: • Advice from Australia Post - Address Management Centre • Locality boundaries supplied by PSMA Australia Ltd Limitations Whilst every attempt is made to represent the postcode boundaries for Australia as accurately as possible, Pitney Bowes is constrained to using what information is available at the time of data production. However, Pitney Bowes intends to release updates to the Postcodes product, at least annually, to address changes as they occur. Feedback Pitney Bowes strives to be responsive to the evolving and growing utility of this data product within numerous and wide-ranging types of organisations. We therefore encourage any feedback and suggestions that will assist us in developing the best possible dataset for your business requirements (refer to Data Support and Feedback on page 15). Pitney Bowes 5 March 2018 2– Installation Postcodes Australia is supplied in the form of compressed files and must be installed onto a hard drive before use. To install the standard product, insert the media into the disk drive. The setup program should start automatically and a series of prompts will then guide you through the installation. Alternatively, use Windows Explorer, or similar, to run the *_INSTALL.EXE program located on the media. Note Ensure that all license agreements are read and understood before installing the data. Customised versions of the product are usually supplied as uncompressed files on media and can be either opened directly from the media or copied to a hard drive for future use. If you intend using the Postcodes Australia product across a network, ensure that the correct licensing agreements have been sought. For more information regarding these licensing agreements, contact your local Pitney Bowes office or reseller. 3 – Layer Descriptions The Postcodes Australia product is comprised of four components: three region layers defining postcode boundaries, and a reference table which lists the localities found within a postcode. As an extension to the basic Postcodes table, the Extended Postcodes table contains regions extending into the ocean in some areas. It is designed to match the Australian Suburbs and Localities gazetted boundaries, some of which extend over ocean areas and have no official postcode associated with them. The Incremental Postcodes table contains postcode regions for those areas that have changed between the previous release and the current release. These changes are also detailed in the Change Log file. The Locality Index table contains a list of all localities within each postcode. This table may include additional localities that are not gazetted suburbs, but have been included by Australia Post. In this chapter Gazetted Suburbs versus Australia Post Listed Localities 8 Generation of PB’s Postcodes Boundaries 8 Table Structure 9 Implementation of an Incremental Update 11 Postcodes Australia Product Guide Gazetted Suburbs versus Australia Post Listed Localities There is currently limited correlation between the state jurisdiction official Gazetted Suburb and Localities, and the Localities listed by Australia Post on its website to describe the delivery area for a postcode. The Gazetted Suburb and Localities are formally recognised boundaries defined by state government, whilst Australia Post's Localities can include these, but also incorporate local and alias locality names. (Some of these names are historical but many are also created internally by Australia Post to facilitate mail delivery.) Generation of PB’s Postcodes Boundaries The postcode boundaries from PB (Pitney Bowes) are generated by combining the postcode and locality information from the Australia Post postcode listing, with the locality information from PB’s Suburbs and Localities product. The locality information in the Suburbs and Localities product contains both gazetted Suburbs and non-gazetted Localities, and is based on source from PSMA Australia Pty Ltd's Suburbs and Localities data. The illustration below shows how the boundary of postcode 4051 is formed by the Suburb boundaries listed. In areas where no gazetted suburbs exist, the locality boundaries are used to facilitate full, nationwide postcode coverage. Pitney Bowes 8 March 2018 3 – Layer Descriptions Some of the postcodes listed in the Australia Post listing are not included in the Postcodes Australia product. Although there are exceptions, the types of postcodes that are not generally included are: • PO Boxes that do not relate to a Delivery Area. • Large Volume Receivers (LVR) and Special Mailings (for example, Competition Mail). • Postcodes that relate to the Antarctic Division stations. Table Structure Postcode table (AUS_PC.TAB) and Extended Postcode Table (AUS_PC_EXTENDED.TAB) Field Description Type(width) Indexed? POSTCODE Postcode Char(4) Yes LOCALITY Associated locality Char(39) No STATE State abbreviation Char(3) No TOTAL_POPULATION Integer No MEDIAN_PERSONAL_INCOME Integer No MEDIAN_HOUSEHOLD_INCOME Integer No Pitney Bowes 9 March 2018 Postcodes Australia Product Guide Field Description Type(width) Indexed? DWELLINGS_OCCUPIED_PRIVATE Integer No POPULATION_DENSITY Population per square km Float No PC_UFI Unique identifier