Australian Social Science Data Archive

1981 CD field code

The 1981 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 units in the collection of census data. They generally correspond to the Commonwealth EIectoral Divisions and adopt the same names. The possible Census Division code values and their meanings are as follows.

NEW SOUTH WALES

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

VICTORIA

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

QUEENSLAND

1 Leichhardt	9 Maranoa East	17 Moreton
2 Herbert	10 Darling Downs	I8 Bowman
3 Dawson	11 Fisher	19 Fadden
4 Kennedy West	12 Petrie	20 Oxley
5 Kennedy East	13 Lilley	21 McPherson
6 Capricornia	14 Griffith	22 Migratory
7 Wide Bay	15 Brisbane
8 Maranoa West	16 Ryan

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

1 Kimberley-Pilbara	6 Stirling	11 Tangney
2 Kalgoorlie	7 Perth	12 Canning
3 Moore	8 Swan	13 Migratory
4 O'Connor	9 Curtin
5 Forrest	10 Fremantle

TASMANIA

1 Braddon	3 Wilmot	5 Denison
2 Bass	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 the Census Division into field group leader workload areas, each Subdivision containing on the average, ten CD's. Subdivisions are represented by a two digit numeric code, beginning with 01, allocated within Census Divisions in geographic sequence.

Collection District

The CD is the smallest geographic area used in the collection and dissemination of census data. A CD is an area containing approximately 300 dwellings in urban areas and fewer in rural areas. 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 range 1-25.

Where the 1981 Census subdivisions and CDs are the same as those for the 1976 Census, the CD code has been retained. However, for situations where subdivisions and CDs within them are not the same in 1981 as in 1976, the CD code has been allocated in the following manner:

(i) subdivision not the same - CD codes have been reallocated in geographic order within subdivision.

(ii) subdivision the same but CD is not - for 1976 CDs whioch were split for the 1981 Census, one part retains the 1976 number and the other takes the next available 'free' code in the subdivision. For 1976 CDs which have been amalgamated, the new composite 1981 CD has been given the code of the 1976 CD with the lowest original number. See FIELD 16 for more details on comparability.