Private residence (e.g. house, flat, bedsitter, caravan, boat, independent unit in retirement village), including privately and publicly rented homes
2
Psychiatric hospital
3
Residential aged care service
4
Specialised alcohol/other drug treatment residence
5
Specialised mental health community-based residential support service
6
Domestic-scale supported living facility (e.g. group home for people with disability)
7
Boarding/rooming house/hostel or hostel type accommodation, not including aged persons' hostel
8
Homeless persons' shelter
9
Shelter/refuge (not including homeless persons' shelter)
10
Other supported accommodation
11
Prison/remand centre/youth training centre
12
Public place (homeless)
13
Other accommodation, not elsewhere classified
Supplementary values:
14
Unknown/unable to determine
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:
CODE 3 Residential aged care service
Includes nursing home beds in acute care hospitals.
CODE 4 Specialised alcohol/other drug treatment residence
Includes alcohol/other drug treatment units in psychiatric hospitals.
CODE 5 Specialised mental health community-based residential support service
Specialised mental health community-based residential support services are defined as community-based residential supported accommodation specifically targeted at people with psychiatric disabilities which provides 24-hour support/rehabilitation on a residential basis.
CODE 6 Domestic-scale supported living facility (e.g. group home for people with disability)
Domestic-scale supported living facilities include group homes for people with disability, cluster apartments where a support worker lives on-site, community residential apartments (except mental health), congregate care arrangements. Support is provided by staff on either a live-in or rostered basis, and they may or may not have 24-hour supervision and care.
CODE 10 Other supported accommodation
Includes other supported accommodation facilities such as hostels for people with disability and Residential Services/Facilities (Victoria and South Australia only). These facilities provide board and lodging and rostered care workers provide client support services.