Editing Local government in Australia (section)

===Classification===
The Australian Classification of Local Governments (ACLG) categorises local governing authorities using the population, the [[population density]] and the proportion of the population that is classified as being [[urban area|urban]] for the council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://regional.gov.au/local/publications/reports/2013_2014/INFRA2466_LGNR_2013-14.pdf|title=Local Government National Report 2013–14|date=July 2015|work=Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development|page=Appendix F|access-date=27 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217075917/http://regional.gov.au/local/publications/reports/2013_2014/INFRA2466_LGNR_2013-14.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The classification, at the two-digit level, is:

* RA{{spaced endash}} Rural Agricultural
* RS{{spaced endash}} Rural Significant
* RT{{spaced endash}} Rural Remote
* UC{{spaced endash}} Urban Capital
* UD{{spaced endash}} Urban Developed
* UF{{spaced endash}} Urban Fringe
* UR{{spaced endash}} Urban Regional