nat_map16: Map of Australian Electorates from 2016

In eechidna: Exploring Election and Census Highly Informative Data Nationally for Australia

Description

A dataset containing the map of the all 150 Australian electorates using the 2016 boundaries of the The data were obtained from the Australian Electoral Commission, and downloaded from https://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/gis/gis_datadownload.htm. Must be loaded using the 'nat_map_download' function.

Usage

nat_map16

Format

A data frame with the following variables:

• id: Numeric identifier for the polygon

• long: longitude coordinate of point in polygon

• lat: latitude coordinate of point in polygon

• order: order for polygon points

• hole: whether polygon has a hole

• piece: piece for polygon

• group: group for polygon

• elect_div: Electoral division name

• state: Abbreviation for state name

Examples

library(eechidna)
nat_map16 <- nat_map_download(2016)
# choropleth map with Australian Census data
nat_map16$region <- nat_map16$elect_div
data(abs2016)
abs2016$region <- abs2016$DivisionNm
library(ggplot2)
library(ggthemes)
both <- intersect(unique(abs2016$region), unique(nat_map16$region))
ggplot(aes(map_id=region), data=subset(abs2016, region %in% both)) +
  geom_map(aes(fill=MedianPersonalIncome), map=subset(nat_map16, region %in% both)) +
  expand_limits(x=nat_map16$long, y=nat_map16$lat) + 
  theme_map()

eechidna documentation built on Feb. 25, 2021, 5:08 p.m.