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The drop-down menus directly below the search text box allow you to limit the search results to any of the 18 content types in METEOR (see Learn about metadata to view the list), by item creation dates, and item revision dates.

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METEOR uses Lucene search syntax. This functionality can be useful to fine-tune your search results even more. Some of the commands include:

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Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN

611398 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address.
Standard: Health, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Disability, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Homelessness, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)]

429889 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The name of the locality/suburb of the address, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Tasmanian Health, Housing assistance, Homelessness, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Aged Care

Child—care arrangements, care and protection order code N[N]

367626 | Data Element | National Child Protection and Support Services data group (NCPASS).
The type of a care arrangement in which a child lives, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness

Client—amount of assistance, total hours and minutes NNNN

404961 | Data Element
The total amount of assistance received by a client during a reporting period, represented in hours and minutes.
Standard: Housing assistance, Community Services (retired), Homelessness

Client—case management goal status, code N

689386 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The extent to which a client has achieved case management goals, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Client—case management plan indicator, yes/no code N

689394 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Whether or not a current (at the time of recording) case management plan has been developed for the client, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Client—consent indicator, yes/no code N

689402 | Data Element
An indicator of whether the client has provided consent for personal information to be sent to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Client—needs assessment service activity outcome, code N

689340 | Data Element
The outcome of a needs assessment for a client in terms of provision of a service activity, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Client—reason case management plan does not exist, code N

689451 | Data Element
The reason a case management plan for the client does not exist, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Client—reason case management plan does not exist, text A[A(49)]

689458 | Data Element
The reason a case management plan for the client does not exist, as represented by text.
Standard: Homelessness

Client—service activity type, homelessness code N[N]

689342 | Data Element
The type of service activity for which a client may seek support, or have provided to them, or be referred for, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Date—accuracy indicator, code AAA

294429 | Data Element | Standards Australia
An indicator of the accuracy of the components of a reported date, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Disability

Person (address)—suburb/town/locality name, text A[A(49)]

287326 | Data Element
The full name of the locality contained within the specific address of a person, as represented by text.
Superseded: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood
Standard: Homelessness

Person—activity and participation life area, disability flag homelessness code N

689075 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The life area in which a person may participate or undertake activities, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—Australian Defence Force indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

649528 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of whether a person has served in the Australian Defence Force, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

286919 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian state or territory where a person can be located, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health, Children and Families, Youth Justice
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness

Person—conditions of occupancy, code N

690498 | Data Element
A description of the type of conditions of occupancy, for a person's accommodation arrangement, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN

659454 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The country in which the person was born, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Tasmanian Health, Disability, Homelessness, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY

287007 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date of birth of the person, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person—financial assistance amount, total Australian currency N[NNNN]

401991 | Data Element
The amount of financial assistance provided to a person, in Australian dollars.
Standard: Housing assistance, Community Services (retired), Homelessness

Person—financial assistance type, homelessness code N

690176 | Data Element
The type of financial assistance provided to a person by a specialist homelessness agency, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—first service request indicator, yes/no/unknown/not stated/inadequately described code N

689157 | Data Element
An indicator of whether this is the first request for a service by a person, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—formally diagnosed mental health condition indicator, yes/no/don't know/can't remember code N

690509 | Data Element
An indicator of whether a person has been diagnosed with a mental health condition by a doctor, nurse or other relevant health professional, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—full-time/part-time status, code N

691891 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Whether a person in paid employment is employed full-time or part-time, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—government funding identifier, Centrelink customer reference number N(9)A

690579 | Data Element
A personal identifier allocated by a government department for the purpose of identifying those eligible for specific services, as represented by a identifier.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—housing tenure type, homelessness code N

689162 | Data Element
The arrangement under which a person occupies a dwelling, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—Indigenous status, code N

602543 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Disability, Children and Families, Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Homelessness, Youth Justice, Aged Care
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Superseded: Tasmanian Health

Person—labour force status, code N

621450 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The self-reported status the person currently has in being either in the labour force (employed/unemployed) or not in the labour force, as represented by a code.
Standard: Disability, Homelessness, Health

Person—letters of family name, text XXX

349481 | Data Element
The combination of 2nd, 3rd and 5th letters of a person's family name.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Person—letters of given name, text XX

349483 | Data Element
The combination of the 2nd and 3rd letters of a person's given name.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Person—living arrangement, homelessness code N

401292 | Data Element
Whether a person from a presenting unit resides alone or lives with others, as represented by a code.
Standard: Housing assistance, Homelessness

Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]

659402 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The language reported by a person as the main language other than English spoken by that person in his/her home (or most recent private residential setting occupied by the person) to communicate with other residents of the home or setting and regular visitors, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Homelessness, Children and Families

Person—mental health services received indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

691978 | Data Element
An indicator of whether a person has received mental health services for a mental health issue, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—mental health services received timeframe, code N

400463 | Data Element
The timeframe in which a person has most recently received mental health services, as represented by a code.
Standard: Housing assistance, Homelessness

Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area, disability flag homelessness code N

689078 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The personal assistance and/or supervision a person needs to perform tasks and actions in a life area, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—new client indicator, code N

400548 | Data Element
Whether the person has been a client of this Agency before.
Standard: Housing assistance, Community Services (retired), Homelessness

Person—number of people presenting, total N[N]

690640 | Data Element
The number of people presenting as represented by the total number presenting.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—participation in National Disability Insurance Scheme indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

695977 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of whether a person is a participant in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—period of time since last permanent living place, code N

692164 | Data Element
The period of time since the person occupied a permanent living place, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—previously homeless status, code N

690653 | Data Element
A person's homelessness status prior to the latest presentation for service episode, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—previously resided in institution/facility indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

692146 | Data Element
An indicator of whether a person has previously resided in an institution or facility, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—principal source of cash income, code NNNN

692276 | Data Element
The source from which a person derives the greatest proportion of his/her cash income, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N

695981 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A person's self-assessed level of ability to speak English, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness, Health

Person—reason for seeking assistance, homelessness code N[N]

506234 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The reason a person seeks assistance from a specialist homelessness agency, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—reason for seeking assistance, text A[A(49)]

508409 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The reason why a person presented to a specialist homelessness agency in order to seek assistance, as represented by text.
Standard: Homelessness, Housing assistance

Person—reason service not provided, code N[N]

692286 | Data Element
The reason services were not provided to a person seeking assistance, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—registered/awaiting government payment indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

690709 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of whether a person has applied for a government benefit, pension or allowance, but is still awaiting their first payment, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—relationship to the presenting unit head, code N[N]

692298 | Data Element
The relationship of a person in the presenting unit to the presenting unit head, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—relationship to the presenting unit head, text A[A(49)]

692312 | Data Element
The relationship of a person within the presenting unit to the presenting unit head, as represented by text.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—residential type, code N[N]

692322 | Data Element
A person's type of residential arrangement, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—school enrolment and attendance status, code N

690938 | Data Element
The school enrolment and attendance status of a person, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—service requested, homelessness code N

695917 | Data Element
The service(s) requested by a person of a Specialist Homelessness Agency, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—sex, code X

635126 | Data Element | Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
The distinction between male, female, and others who do not have biological characteristics typically associated with either the male or female sex, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health, Indigenous, Youth Justice
Standard: Early Childhood, Homelessness

Person—source of cash income (all), code NNNN

408120 | Data Element
The source(s) from which a person derives any part of his/her income, as represented by a code.
Standard: Housing assistance, Homelessness

Person—source of information on a mental health issue, code N

690959 | Data Element
The source of information available that indicates a person may have a mental health issue, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—source of information on a mental health issue, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

691990 | Data Element
An indicator of the availability of an additional source of information whether a person has a mental health issue, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—student type, code N

690997 | Data Element
The type of education or training undertaken by a student, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—student/employment training indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

691041 | Data Element
An indicator of whether a person is undertaking formal study or employment training, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—type of institution or facility previously resided in, code N[N]

692330 | Data Element
The type of institution or facility in which a person previously resided, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—urgency of requested assistance, time period code N

692140 | Data Element
The time period within which a person requires the assistance which has been requested, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Person—year of first arrival in Australia, date YYYY

269929 | Data Element
The year a person (born outside of Australia) first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of staying in Australia for one year or more.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability

Record—linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYX

686241 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
A key that enables two or more records belonging to the same individual to be brought together. It is represented by a code consisting of the second, third and fifth characters of a person’s family name, the second and third letters of the person’s given name, the day, month and year when the person was born and the sex of the person, concatenated in that order.
Standard: Health, Homelessness

Referral—formal referral source, homelessness code N[N]

695957 | Data Element
The person, entity or agency responsible for the formal referral of a client to an agency, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY

692003 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which a service episode was completed, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Homelessness, Disability

Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY

651687 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which a service episode commenced, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Children and Families, Homelessness, Disability

Service episode—reporting period, date MMYYYY

508383 | Data Element
The calendar month and year during which service episode information is collected, represented as MMYYYY.
Standard: Homelessness, Housing assistance, Community Services (retired)

Service episode—service cessation reason, homelessness code N[N]

692080 | Data Element
The reason a service episode ended for a client of an agency, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Service episode—service ongoing indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

692096 | Data Element
Whether a client was receiving ongoing assistance or support by the agency, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Service event—accommodation period end date, DDMMYYYY

691796 | Data Element
The date on which an accommodation period was completed, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Homelessness

Service event—accommodation period start date, DDMMYYYY

691810 | Data Element
The date on which an accommodation period commences, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Homelessness

Service event—assistance request date, DDMMYYYY

692109 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which assistance from an agency is requested, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Homelessness

Service event—first service contact date, DDMMYYYY

692122 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which the agency provides the first service to the client, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Homelessness, Youth Justice

Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY

692130 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which a service was last provided, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Homelessness

Service event—supported accommodation type, code N

691573 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The type of supported accommodation that is provided to a client, based on length of stay and level of service, as represented by a code.
Standard: Homelessness

Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, NNNNNA

506313 | Data Element
A unique identifier comprised of a logical combination of numeric and alphanumeric characters which identifies an agency.
Standard: Homelessness, Housing assistance

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