Data Sources

Every record in the Australian Open Services Index comes from a public, openly licensed data source. The sections below group data sources by the government portal that publishes them — which is a different question from where the services are physically located. NSW, WA, NT and ACT don't run their own open-data portals for support services, but services located in those states are in the dataset, supplied by federally-published datasets that list service locations nationally. Source attribution is embedded in every individual record.

24,497

Total records

Data sources

Government portals

CC-BY

All data licenses

Coverage by state (where services are located)

State / Territory	Records	Origin of this state's coverage
South Australia	14,707	SA Community Directory, SA Health datasets, and federal sources
Queensland	2,600	data.qld.gov.au (9 datasets) plus federal sources
New South Wales	2,576	Federal sources only — no NSW open-data portal publishes support-services datasets yet
Victoria	2,450	Ballarat, Casey, Melbourne council datasets, plus federal sources
Western Australia	780	Federal sources only — no WA support-services datasets in the pipeline
Tasmania	336	Service Tasmania shop locations plus federal sources
Northern Territory	209	Federal sources only
Australian Capital Territory	93	Federal sources only
(state not resolved)	746	Records whose state could not be derived from address or postcode

Records are counted by the state of the service location, which is how the Browse page's state filter works. The source breakdowns below are grouped by publishing portal, so they add up to the same 24,497 by a different axis.

Federal

Dataset	Organisation	License	Records
Employment Services Provider Locations	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	CC-BY-3.0-AU	5,740
Emergency Relief Provider Outlets	Department of Social Services	CC-BY-3.0-AU	1,187
Judicial Courts	Geoscience Australia	CC-BY-3.0-AU	25

South Australia

Dataset	Organisation	License	Records
SA Community Directory 2021	SA Community (Connecting Up Inc)	CC-BY-3.0-AU	14,439
Child and Family Health Service Centres	SA Health	CC-BY-3.0-AU	113
SA Private Hospitals	SA Health	CC-BY-4.0	50
GP Plus Locations	SA Health	CC-BY-4.0	8

Victoria

Dataset	Organisation	License	Records
Neighbourhood Houses (GFYL)	VIC Planning and Community Development	CC-BY-3.0-AU	146
Free and Cheap Support Services (Helping Out)	City of Melbourne	CC-BY-4.0	118
Early Learning Centres	City of Ballarat	CC-BY-3.0-AU	71
Family Maternal Child Health Centres	City of Casey	Other (Open)	40
Ballarat Community Food Activities	City of Ballarat	CC-BY-3.0-AU	26
Emergency Food Relief Groups	City of Casey	Other (Open)	25
Ballarat Community Centres and Halls	City of Ballarat	CC-BY-3.0-AU	23
Ballarat Kindergartens	City of Ballarat	CC-BY-3.0-AU	12
Libraries Locations	City of Casey	Other (Open)	7

Queensland

Dataset	Organisation	License	Records
Contacts List (DCCSDS)	QLD Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety	CC-BY-4.0	209
Government Service Counter Locations	QLD Customer Services	CC-BY-4.0	86
Victim Support Services	QLD Justice	CC-BY-3.0	68
Housing Service Centres	QLD Housing and Public Works	CC-BY-4.0	42
BreastScreen Queensland	Queensland Health	CC-BY-4.0	35
Youth Justice Centre Locations	QLD Youth Justice	CC-BY-4.0	34
Housing Service Finder	QLD Housing	CC-BY-4.0	34
Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment Centres	Queensland Health	CC-BY-4.0	9
Dispute Resolution Centres	QLD Justice	CC-BY-3.0	6

Tasmania

Dataset	Organisation	License	Records
Service Tasmania Shop Locations	Department of Premier and Cabinet (Tasmania)	CC-BY-4.0	27

OpenStreetMap

Dataset	Organisation	License	Records
Social Facilities (Australia)	OpenStreetMap contributors	ODbL	1,929

Extracted via Geofabrik Australia extract, filtered for amenity=social_facility tags.

How we handle attribution

Every record in the dataset carries its source metadata: source name, organisation, license, and a link back to the original dataset. This means attribution travels with the data, even when records are downloaded, filtered, or redistributed.

The pipeline code is released under CC0 1.0 (public domain). The data retains the license of its original source (CC-BY or ODbL).

For the full research documentation, see the landscape repository.