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Indigenous status

Property Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termProperty
METEOR identifier:Help on this term269161
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Standard 01/03/2005

Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005

Housing assistance, Standard 22/10/2005

Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010

Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (retired), Standard 01/11/2012

WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014

Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014

Disability, Standard 07/10/2014

Tasmanian Health (retired), Standard 01/09/2016

Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016

Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018

Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022

Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022

Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Standard 23/09/2025

Definition:Help on this term

An indicator of identification as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

Property group:Help on this termDemographic/social/cultural characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Data Element Concepts implementing this property:Help on this term
Adoption—Indigenous status

Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016

Carer household—Indigenous status

Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016

Community Services (retired), Recorded 21/03/2014

Household—Indigenous status

Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

Household—Indigenous status

Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

Person—Indigenous status

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Standard 23/09/2025

Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016

Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005

Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016

Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018

Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (retired), Standard 01/11/2012

Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017

Tasmanian Health (retired), Superseded 01/09/2016

WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014

Youth Justice, Qualified 22/12/2022

Person—Indigenous status

Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Standard 24/09/2025

Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022

Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021

Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018

Disability, Standard 29/02/2016

Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018

Health, Standard 19/11/2015

Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018

Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (retired), Qualified 23/11/2015

Indigenous, Standard 16/10/2017

Tasmanian Health (retired), Standard 01/09/2016

Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022

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