ABS Census Data - Part 2

I have just finished downloading about 35 files from the ABS website. It was made a little easier by discovering a hack.

When you get to the final step there is a link to click to download the Excel spreadsheet (which has its name truncated up to the first space and doesn't have a file extension - but that is another story!). If you have a closer look at a link you will find that it has a very long URL full of all sorts of interesting information. If you had time you could parse it all, but the interesting bit is the final parameter:

&areacode=LGA27450

This is brilliant because if you know the LGA codes, which in my case I happen to find in a spreadsheet I created ages ago, then it is a simple manner to change this to the desired code and up pops the download box for the next LGA.

Much better.