Service provider organisation—geographic remoteness, classification (ASGS-RA) N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Geographic remoteness |
METEOR identifier: | 755991 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Standard 07/04/2024 |
Definition: | The remoteness of a service provider organisation, based on the road distance to the nearest urban centre and its population size, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Service provider organisation—geographic remoteness |
Value Domain: | Remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Major cities of Australia |
2 | Inner regional Australia | |
3 | Outer regional Australia | |
4 | Remote Australia | |
5 | Very remote Australia | |
6 | Migratory | |
Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2013. - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure, July 2011. ABS cat. no. 1270.055.005. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 15 July 2013, |
Reference documents: | Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research 2018. ARIA. Viewed 1 May 2018, Australian Bureau of Statistics 2018. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure, July 2016. ABS cat. no. 1270.055.005. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 30 April 2018, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/1270.0.55.005 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The remoteness classification of an entity can be derived using characteristics of its physical location, e.g. its postcode or other address details. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Online Services Report (OSR) DSS 2020–21 Indigenous, Standard 07/04/2024 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 DSS specific information: In the OSR DSS, this data element is calculated by the Department of Health based on the postcode of the physical address of the funded organisation's main site for service delivery. The remoteness classification is stored in the Health Data Portal (HDP) and managed by the Department of Health. It forms part of the AIHW OSR dataset. |