Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 290062 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 |
Definition: | The numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place for the address of an organisation. |
Context: | Postcode is an important part of an organisation's 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 an organisation. |