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Service provider organisation (address)—suburb/town/locality name, text A[A(49)]

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termSuburb/town/locality name (service provider organisation)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term290059
Registration status:Help on this term

Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012

Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012

Health, Superseded 07/12/2011

Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

Definition:Help on this termThe full name of the general locality containing the specific address of an organisation, as represented by text.
Data Element Concept:Help on this termService provider organisation (address)—suburb/town/locality name
Value Domain:Help on this termText A[A(49)]

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termText
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termA[A(49)]
Maximum character length:Help on this term50

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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 an organisation. It can be a component of a street or postal address.

Collection methods:Help on this term

Enter 'Unknown' when the locality name or geographic area for an organisation is not known.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

National Health Data Committee

National Community Services Data Committee

Australia Post 2005. Australia Postcode File. Viewed 12 April www.auspost.com.au/postcodes

Reference documents:Help on this term

AS5017 Health Care Client Identification, 2002, Sydney: Standards Australia

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

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)]

        Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023

        Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016

        Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012

        Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

        Early Childhood, Standard 09/03/2012

        Health, Standard 07/12/2011

        Homelessness, Standard 01/05/2013

        Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013

        Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015

        Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016

        Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022

Is used in the formation of Service provider organisation (address)—postal delivery point identifier, {N(8)}

        Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012

        Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2010

        Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2010
DSS specific information: In the Early Childhood Education and Care collection, this item refers to the location at which the preschool program is provided.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate 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 physical location at which the preschool program is delivered only.

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
DSS specific information: In the Early Childhood Education and Care collection, this item refers to the location at which the preschool program is provided.

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 physical location at which the preschool program is delivered only.

Health care provider identification DSS

        Health, Superseded 04/07/2007

DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information: This data should be verified against the Australia Post Postcode File (see www.auspost.com.au/postcodes). Alternatively, contact State or Territory Health Authorities for Postcode files.

Health care provider identification DSS

        Health, Superseded 03/12/2008

DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information: This data should be verified against the Australia Post Postcode File (see www.auspost.com.au/postcodes). Alternatively, contact State or Territory Health Authorities for Postcode files.

Health care provider identification DSS

        Health, Retired 20/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information: This data should be verified against the Australia Post Postcode File (see www.auspost.com.au/postcodes). Alternatively, contact State or Territory Health Authorities for Postcode files.

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2012-14

        Health, Superseded 21/11/2013

        Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2014-15

        Health, Superseded 13/03/2015

        Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

SAAP Administrative National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

        Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011

DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information: This item is collected for the postal address of the SAAP agency and for the postal address of the Auspice. An agency may or may not be responsible to an Auspice (the governing body).

Service provider organisation address details cluster

        Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information: In this collection suburb is recorded as a 40 character alphanumeric field.

Service provider organisation cluster (Mainstream community housing)

        Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013


Specialist Homelessness Establishment Database - SHED

        Housing assistance, Recorded 14/10/2010

DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

This item is collected for both a legal entity and an agency.

The postal address and physical address are recorded for an agency.

The postal address, only, is recorded for the legal entity.


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