Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Australian state/territory identifier (person)
METEOR identifier:	286919
Registration status:	Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Homelessness, Standard 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
Definition:	The Australian state or territory where a person can be located, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—Australian state/territory identifier

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	New South Wales
2	Victoria
3	Queensland
4	South Australia
5	Western Australia
6	Tasmania
7	Northern Territory
8	Australian Capital Territory
9	Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

The order presented here is the standard for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Other organisations (including the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) publish data in state order based on population (that is, Western Australia before South Australia and Australian Capital Territory before Northern Territory).

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:

Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). Cat No. 1216.0. Canberra: ABS.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

Irrespective of how the information is coded, conversion of the codes to the ABS standard must be possible.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004. Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (Cat No. 1216.0). Viewed 13 October 2005.

Reference documents:

AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia

AS5017 Health Care Client Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia

In AS4846 and AS5017 alternative codes are presented. Refer to the current standard for more details.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2010 Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2010

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2011 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2013 Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2015 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2017 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2017 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2018 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2018 Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2019 Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2019 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2020 Early Childhood, Superseded 25/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2020 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2021 Early Childhood, Standard 25/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2021 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.

Health care client identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008

Health care client identification DSS Health, Retired 20/03/2013

Health care provider identification DSS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007

Health care provider identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008

Health care provider identification DSS Health, Retired 20/03/2013

Juvenile Justice Order file cluster Community Services (retired), Not progressed 23/01/2018
Youth Justice, Recorded 23/05/2022

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This item is collected for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice supervision. Guide for Use Leave the field blank if: the last known home address is unknown the last known home address is outside Australia the young person had no fixed address.

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2018 *DSS specific information:* This is the state in which the person lives.

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2019 *DSS specific information:* This is the state in which the person lives.

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2019 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2020 *DSS specific information:* This is the state in which the person lives.

Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016
Community Services (retired), Candidate 09/10/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013 *DSS specific information:* The state/territory of the child’s usual place of residence at the time of the notification.

Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014 *DSS specific information:* The state/territory of the child’s usual place of residence at the time of the notification. For children residing outside Australia record 99 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.

Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015 *DSS specific information:* The state/territory of the child’s usual place of residence at the time of the notification. For children residing outside Australia record 99 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.

Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/04/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016 *DSS specific information:* The state/territory of the child’s usual place of residence at the time of the notification. For children residing outside Australia record 99 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.

Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017 *DSS specific information:* The state/territory of the child’s usual place of residence at the time of the notification. For children residing outside Australia record 99 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.

Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* The state/territory of the child’s usual place of residence at the time of the notification. For children residing outside Australia record 99 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.

Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)' is not collected in the Person (Public rental housing and SOMIH) cluster.

Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)' is not used by this data set.

Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 19/12/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)' is not used by this data set.

Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)' is not used by this data set.

Person file cluster (Mainstream community housing)Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Person file cluster (Mainstream community housing)Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This DSS uses abbreviated state and territory names (e.g. NSW, Vic etc.), rather than code values. It does not collect Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)'.

Person file cluster (Mainstream community housing)Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This DSS uses abbreviated state and territory names (e.g. NSW, Vic etc.), rather than code values. It does not collect Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)'.

Person income (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* Note: Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)' is not collected in the Person income (Public rental housing and SOMIH) cluster.

Person income (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* Note: Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)' is not collected in the Person income (Public rental housing and SOMIH) cluster.

Person income (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)' is not used by this data set.

Public dental waiting times DSS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 09/11/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Public dental waiting times NMDS 2013-2018 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2018

Public dental waiting times NMDS 2018-ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
Health, Standard 25/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018

SAAP Client Collection National Minimum Data Set Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In the SAAP NMDS, the state or territory location of the client's last home is recorded. This is defined as the location where the client last lived in a home in which they were safe, for which they had security of tenure, and that was adequate in terms of the amenities or resources necessary for living.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2011 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013
Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011 *DSS specific information:* In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is reported twice, for: where the person lived one week before the first service contact (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY); and where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2012-13 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013
Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2013-14 Homelessness, Superseded 26/08/2014
Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014

DSS specific attributes +