Centrelink income unit—Commonwealth Rent Assistance amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) amount |
METEOR identifier: | 270141 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The weekly amount of Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) the income unit is entitled to receive in the fortnight prior to data extraction. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Centrelink income unit—Commonwealth Rent Assistance amount |
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METEOR identifier: | 269559 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The weekly amount of Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) the income unit is entitled to receive. |
Context: | The Commonwealth pays rent assistance to recipients of income support payments, including those who receive more than the base rate of family tax benefit (Part A), and pay private rent above minimum thresholds. Rent assistance can be used for:
This metadata item is used in the calculation of housing affordability. |
Object class: | Centrelink income unit |
Property: | Commonwealth Rent Assistance amount |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN |
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METEOR identifier: | 270684 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Community Services (retired), Standard 30/11/2007 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | Total number of Australian dollars and cents. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Currency | |
Format: | N[NNNNN].NN | |
Maximum character length: | 8 | |
Unit of measure: | Australian currency (AU$) |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | If a customer and partner are illness separated and they are entitled to CRA, they may each be paid the single rate of CRA. Therefore, some couples could be receiving up to double the single maximum rate of CRA. |
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Comments: | The rate payable varies with the type of income unit (defined by conjugal status, sharing arrangements and number of dependent children) and amount of rent paid. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services |
Origin: | FaCS 2003. Unpublished. Draft performance indicators for Commonwealth Rent Assistance. Housing Assistance Act 1996 annual report 1999-2000 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Is re-engineered from Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) income unit type, version 1, DE, NHADD, NHDAMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.1 KB) No registration status See also Centrelink income unit—Centrelink income unit type, code N Housing assistance, Retired 01/05/2013 See also Household—Commonwealth Rent Assistance amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Tenancy/vacancy cluster (Mainstream community housing) Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection the Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) amount, is collected for the week of June 30th 2010. Tenancy/vacancy cluster (Mainstream community housing) Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 DSS specific information: Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) amount is collected for the week of 30 June. Unknown values are recorded as "U". |