eechidna (version 1.4.0)

nat_data10: Data and centroids corresponding to the Australian Electorates from 2010

Description

A dataset containing some demographic information for each of the 150 Australian electorates. The data were obtained from the Australian Electoral Commission, and downloaded from http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/gis/gis_datadownload.htm. Must be loaded using the `nat_data_download` function.

Usage

nat_data10

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

  • numccds: AEC variable that might be filled with meaning or a description down the road

  • area_sqkm: combined square kilometers of each electorate

  • 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