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What is a locality?[edit]

According to the Glossary of designation values in the Geographical Names Register the following definitions apply:

LOCALITY A bounded area within the landscape that has a ‘Rural’ Character

SUBURB A bounded area within the landscape that has an ‘Urban’ Character

TOWN A commercial nucleus offering a wide range of services and a large number of shops, often several of the same type. Depending on size, the residential area can be relatively compact or (in addition) dispersed in clusters on the periphery.

VILLAGE A cohesive populated place in a rural landscape, which may provide a limited range of services to the local area. Residential subdivisions are in urban lot sizes.

From this it would seem clear that a locality is the rural equivalent of a suburb, not a town. The only real difference between a locality and a suburb is that the houses are a lot further apart. --AussieLegend (talk) 07:56, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]