Person (address)—suburb/town/locality name, text A[A(49)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Suburb/town/locality name |
Synonymous names: | Suburb/town/locality name |
METEOR identifier: | 270501 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person (address)—suburb/town/locality name |
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METEOR identifier: | 269880 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
Definition: | The full name of the locality contained within the specific address of a person. |
Context: | In conjunction with the postcode, the data element Suburb/town/locality name is included as an alternative means of reporting information about the geographic location of the residence of a client, or an agency/establishment or where an event occurred. The preferred standard for reporting this information is by using a statistical local area (SLA) in conjunction with a State/Territory code. However, as some agencies may have difficulty allocating SLA codes to the residential locations of their clients without more computerised assistance than is currently available to them, agencies may be given the option of reporting this information by using Australian postcode plus Suburb/town/locality name. Suburb/town/locality name may also be a component of a postal address. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Suburb/town/locality name |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Text A[A(49)] |
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METEOR identifier: | 270907 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 Indigenous, Standard 21/11/2013 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 |
Definition: | A combination of alphabetic characters. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | A[A(49)] | |
Maximum character length: | 50 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The suburb/town/locality name, may be a town, city, suburb or commonly used location name such as a large agricultural property or Aboriginal community. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has suggested that a maximum field length of 50 characters should be sufficient to record the vast majority of locality names. This metadata item may be used to describe the location of person, organisation or event. It can be a component of a street or postal address. |
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Collection methods: | Enter 'Unknown' when the locality name or geographic area for a person or event is not known. Enter 'No fixed address' when a person has no fixed address or is homeless. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Data Committee National Community Services Data Committee |
Origin: | Standards Australia 2002. Australian Standard AS5017-2002 Health Care Client Identification. Sydney: Standards Australia |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person (address)—suburb/town/locality name, text A[A(49)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Is used in the formation of Person (address)—postal delivery point identifier, {N(8)} Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 Is re-engineered from Suburb/town/locality name, version 2, DE, Int. NCSDD & NHDD, NCSIMG & NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.1 KB) No registration status |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Health care client identification Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 |