Dwelling—Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Dwelling postcode - Australian |
METEOR identifier: | 302040 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 |
Definition: | The numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place for the address of a dwelling. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Dwelling—Australian postcode |
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METEOR identifier: | 302038 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 |
Definition: | The numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place for the address of a dwelling. |
Context: | Postcode is an important part of a dwelling'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 a dwelling. |
Object class: | Dwelling |
Property: | Australian postcode |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Housing Data Development Committee |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} |
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METEOR identifier: | 287222 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 |
Definition: | The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. |
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Postcode datafile | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | {NNNN} | |
Maximum character length: | 4 |
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