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Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termAustralian state/territory identifier (person)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term286919
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021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  • Health, Superseded 16/01/2020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:Help on this termThe 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:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1New South Wales
2Victoria
3Queensland
4South Australia
5Western Australia
6Tasmania
7Northern Territory
8Australian Capital Territory
9Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

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

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:Help on this term

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

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

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

Reference documents:Help on this term

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:Help on this term
See also Person (address)—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, Superseded 30/05/2013
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 30/05/2013
Has been superseded by Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N
  • Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021
  • Health, Standard 16/01/2020
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2010Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2010


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2011Early 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 2012Early 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 2013Early 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 2014Early 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 2015Early 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 2016Early 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 2017Early 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 2018Early 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 2019Early 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 2020Early Childhood, Standard 02/12/2020

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 2021Early 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 DSSHealth, Superseded 03/12/2008

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

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

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

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

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18Health, 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 2018–19Health, 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 2019–20Health, 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 clusterChildren 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 clusterChildren 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 clusterChildren 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 clusterChildren 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 clusterChildren 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 clusterChildren 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) clusterHousing 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) clusterHousing 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) clusterHousing 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) clusterHousing 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 +

DSS specific information:

In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection the person state/territory identifier is recorded using the following abbreviations, as opposed to the full name used in this data element. The mapping table below indicates the relationship between the standard data element and the Community Housing collection's recorded values.

METeOR ValueMETeor LabelCHO Recorded Value
1New South WalesNSW
2VictoriaVic
3QueenslandQld
4Western AustraliaWA
5South AustraliaSA
6TasmaniaTas
7Australian Capital TerritoryACT
8Northern TerritoryNT
9

Other territories (Cocos (Keeling)

Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis

Bay Territory)

-


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) clusterHousing 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) clusterHousing 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) clusterHousing 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 2012-13Health, Superseded 09/11/2012

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


Public dental waiting times NMDS 2013-2018Health, 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 SetCommunity 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 2011Homelessness, 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 2012-13Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013
Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

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)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2014-15Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016
Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

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)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2015-17Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

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)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2017-19Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

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)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019-Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

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)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Surveillance of healthcare associated infection: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia NBPDSHealth, Standard 15/11/2012

Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 17-The proportion of Indigenous children (by geographic location as identified by the ASGC), who are enrolled in (and attending, where possible to measure) a preschool program, 2012Indigenous, Superseded 13/06/2013

Used as Denomirator

National Disability Agreement: c(1)-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: c(1)-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: c(1)-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013

National Disability Agreement: c(1)-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013

National Disability Agreement: c(2)-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: c(2)-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: c(2)-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013

National Disability Agreement: c(2)-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013

National Disability Agreement: c-Proportion of the potential population accessing disability services, 2010Community Services (retired), Superseded 15/12/2011

National Disability Agreement: d(1)-Proportion of the potential population who used State/Territory delivered disability support services, 2013Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

National Disability Agreement: d(1)-Proportion of the potential population who used State/Territory delivered disability support services, 2013Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

National Disability Agreement: d(2)-Proportion of people with a disability with an employment restriction who used Disability Employment Services (Open Employment), 2013Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

National Disability Agreement: d(2)-Proportion of people with a disability with an employment restriction who used Disability Employment Services (Open Employment), 2013Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

National Disability Agreement: d(3)-Proportion of the potential population who used Australian Disability Enterprises (Supported Employment), 2013Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

National Disability Agreement: f(1)-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: f(1)-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: f(1)-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013
Indigenous, Standard 11/09/2012

National Disability Agreement: f(1)-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013
Indigenous, Standard 11/09/2012

National Disability Agreement: f(1)-Rate of non-Indigenous persons and Indigenous persons admitted to permanent residential aged care, 2013Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

National Disability Agreement: f(1)-Rate of non-Indigenous persons and Indigenous persons admitted to permanent residential aged care, 2013Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

National Disability Agreement: f(1)-Rate of non-Indigenous persons and Indigenous persons admitted to permanent residential aged care, 2013Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

National Disability Agreement: f(2)-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: f(2)-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: f(2)-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013
Indigenous, Standard 11/09/2012

National Disability Agreement: f(2)-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013
Indigenous, Standard 11/09/2012

National Disability Agreement: f-Number of Indigenous people with disability receiving disability services as a proportion of the Indigenous potential population requiring services, 2010Community Services (retired), Superseded 15/12/2011

National Disability Agreement: j-Proportion of people with disability receiving income support, 2010Community Services (retired), Superseded 15/12/2011

National Disability Agreement: j-Proportion of people with disability receiving income support, 2011Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012

National Disability Agreement: j-Proportion of people with disability receiving income support, 2012Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013

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