Postcode datafile
Classification Scheme Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Classification Scheme |
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| METEOR identifier: | 270561 |
| Registration status: | Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 |
| Definition: | The numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place for the address of a party (person or organisation), as defined by Australia Post. |
| Context: | Postcode is an important part of a persons or organisations postal address and facilitates written communication. It is one of a number of geographic identifiers that can be used to determine a geographic location. Postcode may assist with uniquely identifying a person or organisation. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | The postcode book is updated more than once annually as postcodes are dynamic entities and are constantly changing. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | Australia Post Postcode book. Reference through: https://auspost.com.au/postcode |
Relational attributes | |
| Value Domains based on this classification scheme: | Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) NNN[N] Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 02/05/2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) NNNN Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 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 15/12/2017 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Indigenous, Standard 27/02/2018 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 |