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Suburb - Shapes

Mesh-block polygons

GET/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/shapes/mesh-blocks20¢ per call

ABS 2021 mesh-block polygons covering the suburb (GeoJSON FeatureCollection, MB code per feature).

Price: 20¢ per call.

Authorization

Request

The only values you send. Fields under Responses below are what comes back — you never pass those.

Path parameters

suburb_namestringrequired

Query parameters

None — this endpoint accepts no query parameters. Call the path above with your bearer token and nothing else.

Responses

Successful Response

application/json
SuburbMeshBlocksfields returned to you
area_namestringalways returned

Canonical ABS SAL name.

area_levelstringalways returned

Always 'suburb'.

countintegeralways returned

Number of mesh blocks returned.

geojsonobjectalways returned

GeoJSON FeatureCollection — one simplified polygon Feature per mesh block. Properties: `mb` (ABS MB_CODE21).

GET/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/shapes/mesh-blocks
cURL
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/shapes/mesh-blocks' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer test'
Example Responses
{
  "data": {
    "area_level": "suburb",
    "area_name": "Belmont North",
    "count": 85,
    "geojson": {
      "features": [
        {
          "geometry": {
            "coordinates": [
              [
                [
                  151.66,
                  -32.99
                ],
                [
                  151.67,
                  -32.99
                ],
                [
                  151.67,
                  -33
                ],
                [
                  151.66,
                  -32.99
                ]
              ]
            ],
            "type": "Polygon"
          },
          "properties": {
            "mb": "10693740000"
          },
          "type": "Feature"
        }
      ],
      "type": "FeatureCollection"
    }
  }
}
Successful Response200
application/json