A dataset containing some demographic information for each of the 150 Australian electorates. The data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and downloaded from https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/2923.0.30.0012006?OpenDocument. Must be loaded using the `nat_data_download` function.
nat_data07
A data frame with 150 rows with the following variables:
id: Numeric identifier for the polygon
elect_div: Electorate division name
state: abbreviation of the state name
long_c: longitude coordinate of electorate (polygon) centroid
lat_c: latitude coordinate of electorate (polygon) centroid
x: latitude coordinate for plotting a cartogram
y: longitude coordinate for plotting a cartogram
radius: variable used in the construction of cartogram points