locality_postcodes_lookup
datastore Activelocality postcodes lookup
based off https://github.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes
Important Notice: There is absolutely no guarantees as to its accuracy, but please feel free to let us know of any fixes or updates you see. Source data is community generated from https://github.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes/blob/master/australian_postcodes.csv
Whats different:
idrenamed toaustralianpostcodes_id- 4 new columns at the start: "
id", "state_code", "latitude", "longitude" - Add a new line for the ‘health check record' like below:
id "_ _HEALTH CHECK"
state_code "" (blank)
latitude "0"
longitude "0"
australianpostcodes_id "" (blank)
postcode "" (blank)
locality "Health Check"
state "" (blank)
long "149.119"
lat "-35.2777"
- Then in the fields below, use the following excel formula to build the new columns and drag down for all rows:
id =UPPER(TEXTJOIN("_",FALSE,H2,F2,G2)) (column join state, postcode, locality
state_code =H2 (column state)
latitude =J2 (column lat)
longitude =I2 (column long)
Alternative locations for data:
-
(QLD Department Use only: https://github.com/qld-gov-au/PLSplus-QG-spec/ )
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | text | ||
| state_code | text | ||
| latitude | numeric | ||
| longitude | numeric | ||
| australianpostcodes_id | text | ||
| postcode | text | ||
| locality | text | ||
| state | text | ||
| long | text | ||
| lat | text | ||
| dc | text | ||
| type | text | ||
| status | text | ||
| sa3 | text | ||
| sa3name | text | ||
| sa4 | text | ||
| sa4name | text | ||
| region | text | ||
| Lat_precise | text | ||
| Long_precise | text | ||
| SA1_CODE_2021 | text | ||
| SA1_NAME_2021 | text | ||
| SA2_CODE_2021 | text | ||
| SA2_NAME_2021 | text | ||
| SA3_CODE_2021 | text | ||
| SA3_NAME_2021 | text | ||
| SA4_CODE_2021 | text | ||
| SA4_NAME_2021 | text | ||
| RA_2011 | text | ||
| RA_2016 | text | ||
| RA_2021 | text | ||
| RA_2021_NAME | text | ||
| MMM_2015 | text | ||
| MMM_2019 | text | ||
| ced | text | ||
| altitude | text | ||
| chargezone | text | ||
| phn_code | text | ||
| phn_name | text | ||
| lgaregion | text | ||
| lgacode | text | ||
| electorate | text | ||
| electoraterating | text | ||
| sed_code | text | ||
| sed_name | text |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | 15 April 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | 15 April 2025 |
| Created | 1 March 2024 |
| Format | CSV |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| do not validate | True |
| Align default schema | False |
| Ckan url | https://www.data.qld.gov.au |
| Datastore active | True |
| Datastore contains all records of source file | True |
| Has views | True |
| Hash | 6419b4281dcdddfcd8f6bd1fd5855c73 |
| Id | 53537486-245a-4e4a-b7cd-7b2bdacdd896 |
| Ignore hash | False |
| Mimetype | application/csv |
| Nature of change | edit-resource-with-no-new-data |
| Original url | https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/5217dbb4-58b9-426b-95ad-553bf09ad341/resource/53537486-245a-4e4a-b7cd-7b2bdacdd896/download/australian_postcodes_20250415.csv |
| Package id | 5217dbb4-58b9-426b-95ad-553bf09ad341 |
| Position | 0 |
| Qa | {'resource_timestamp': None, 'archival_timestamp': None, 'openness_score': 3, 'openness_score_reason': 'This file had not been downloaded at the time of scoring it. URL extension "csv" relates to format "CSV" and receives score: 3.', 'format': 'CSV', 'created': '2024-11-19T01:32:06.068019', 'updated': '2025-04-15T05:07:50.504646'} |
| Resource id | 53537486-245a-4e4a-b7cd-7b2bdacdd896 |
| Set url type | False |
| Size | 7.6 MiB |
| State | active |
| Task created | 2025-04-15 05:06:59.751685 |
| Update frequency | non-regular |
| Update frequency days | {"monthly": 30, "quarterly": 91, "half-yearly": 182, "annually": 365, "biennially": 730, "quadrennially": 1460} |
| Url type | upload |
| Size | 7.6 MiB |
| Aligned with default data schema | FALSE |
