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nat_data07: Data and centroids corresponding to the Australian Electorates from 2007

Description

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.

Usage

nat_data07

Arguments

Format

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