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Location characteristicsHelp on this term

Description Help on this term

Characteristics of a site or position, including location identifiers. For example, geographic location, setting, and elements which form a recognisable address or telephone number.

Properties in this Property group Help on this term

  • Actual setting of birth
  • Address line
  • Address site name
  • Address start date
  • Address start date
  • Address type
  • Area of usual residence
  • Asbestos exposure setting
  • Australian postcode
  • Australian state/territory identifier
  • Australian state/territory identifier
  • Birth during imprisonment indicator
  • Building/complex sub-unit identifier
  • Building/complex sub-unit type
  • Building/property name
  • Complex road name
  • Complex road number 1
  • Complex road number 2
  • Complex road suffix
  • Complex road type
  • Convenience of location
  • Distance of closest surgical margin
  • Distant metastatic site(s) at diagnosis
  • Electronic communication address
  • Electronic communication medium
  • Electronic communication usage code
  • Estimated resident population of Australia
  • Expected setting for an antenatal care visit
  • Expected setting of birth
  • Floor/level identifier
  • Floor/level type
  • Geocode containment indicator
  • Geocode feature
  • Geocode geographic datum
  • Geocode height
  • Geocode latitude
  • Geocode longitude
  • Geocode positional uncertainty
  • Geocode vertical datum
  • Geographic location
  • Geographic remoteness
  • Geographic remoteness
  • Health address line
  • House/property identifier
  • Intended setting of birth
  • International postcode
  • Level number
  • Location descriptor
  • Lot number
  • Lot/section identifier
  • Non-Australian state/province
  • Physical address indicator
  • Place of occurrence
  • Postal delivery number
  • Postal delivery point identifier
  • Postal delivery service type
  • Postal delivery service type identifier
  • Postnatal visits in a residential setting
  • Region identifier
  • Road name
  • Road number 1
  • Road number 2
  • Road suffix
  • Road type
  • Secondary complex name
  • Service delivery location
  • Service delivery setting
  • Service provider setting origin
  • Setting of birth
  • State/territory of birth
  • Statistical area
  • Statistical area
  • Street name
  • Street suffix
  • Street type
  • Sub-dwelling unit number
  • Suburb/town/locality name
  • Surgical margin qualifier
  • Telephone number
  • Telephone number type
  • Unstructured address line
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