Australian Social Science Data Archive

1976 CD field code

The 1976 CD field code for each CD is made up of the State code, followed by census division, census subdivision and CD codes. The parts of this code are made up as follows:

State

A single digit code applies to each State and Territory as follows:

1 = New South Wales
2 = Victoria
3 = Queensland
4 = South Australia
5 = Western Australia
6 = Tasmania
7 = Northern Territory
8 = Australian Capital Territory

Census Division

These are the major control areas used for the collection of census data and are represented by a two digit numeric code allocated in geographical order within each State starting in the North West Corner of the State.

Census Divisions generally correspond to the Commonwealth Electoral Divisions existing at the time of the Census, and adopt the same names. The possible Census Division code values and their meanings are as follows:

NEW SOUTH WALES

1 Darling	17 Hume	33 Lowe
2 Gwydir	18 Eden-Monaro	34 Evans
3 New England	19 Macarthur	35 Grayndler
4 Richmond	20 Cunningham	36 Sydney
5 Cowper	21 Hughs	37 Wentworth
6 Lyne	22 Werriwa	38 Phillip
7 Paterson	23 Prospect	39 Kingsford-Smith
8 Hunter	24 Chifley	40 St George
9 Newcastle	25 Berowra	41 Lang
10 Shortland	26 Mackellar	42 Blaxland
11 Robertson	27 Bradfield	43 Banks
12 Mitchell	28 Warringah	44 Barton
13 Macquarie	29 North Sydney	45 Cook
14 Calare	30 Bennelong	46 Migratory
15 Riverina	31 Parrramatta
16 Farrer	32 Reid

VICTORIA

1 Mallee	13 Holt	25 Bruce
2 Wimmera	14 La Trobe	26 Chisholm
3 Wannon	15 Casey	27 Melbourne
4 Corangamite	16 Diamond Valley	28 Gellibrand
5 Corio	17 Burke	29 Melbourne Ports
6 Ballarat	18 Lalor	30 Higgins
7 Bendigo	19 Maribyrnong	31 Henty
8 Murray	20 Wills	32 Balaclava
9 Indi	21 Scullin	33 Hotham
10 Gippsland	22 Batman	34 Isaacs
11 McMillan	23 Kooyong	35 Migratory
12 Flinders	24 Deakin

QUEENSLAND

1 Leichhardt	8 Petrie	15 McPherson
2 Herbert	9 Lilley	16 Oxley
3 Kennedy	10 Bowman	17 Darling Downs
4 Dawson	11 Griffith	18 Maranoa
5 Capricornia	12 Brisbane	19 Migratory
6 Wide Bay	13 Ryan
7 Fisher	14 Moreton

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

1 Grey	6 Hawker	11 Port Adelaide
2 Wakefield	7 Boothby	12 Bonython
3 Angas	8 Sturt	13 Migratory
4 Barker	9 Adelaide
5 Kingston	10 Hindmarsh

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

1 Kalgoorlie	5 Perth	9 Forrest
2 Moore	6 Swan	10 Tangney
3 Stirling	7 Fremantle	11 North Kalgoorlie
4 Curtin	8 Canning	12 Migratory

TASMANIA

1 Bass	3 Denison	5 Wilmot
2 Braddon	4 Franklin	6 Migratory

NORTHERN TERRITORY

1 Top End

2 Central Australia

3 Migratory

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

1 Fraser

2 Canberra

Census Subdivision

Census subdivisions divide Census Divisions into Field Group Leader workload areas, and contain an average of 10 CD's. Subdivisions are designated by a two digit numeric code allocated within Census Division in geographic sequence.

Collection District

The CD is the smallest geographical area used in the collection and dissemination of census data. CD's are designated by a two digit numeric code allocated sequentially from 01 within each census subdivision. The number of CD's in any one subdivision falls in the range1-25.

Where the subdivisions and CD's within them for 1976 are comparable with those for 1971 the CD code has been retained. However for situations where subdivisions and CD's within them are not comparable between 1971 and 1976 the CD code has been allocated in the following manner:

(i) Subdivision not comparable--CD codes have been re-allocated in geographical order within Subdivision.

(ii) Subdivision comparable but CD isn't--For 1971 CD's which have been split, one part retains the 1971 number and the other takes the next available "free" code in the Subdivision. For 1971 CD's which have been amalgamated, the new composite 1976 CD has been given the code of the 1971 CD with the lowest original number.