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Address

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term327278
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 08/05/2006
  • Early Childhood, Standard 28/05/2014
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Housing assistance, Recorded 01/10/2012
  • Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
Definition:Help on this termThe referential description of a location where an entity is located or can be otherwise reached or found.

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

The following attributes are commonly used in the formation of a full address:

  • Address line; (address line is a composite data element containing many attributes of the specific location of a full address - see the current version of the Address line metadata item for further description and a list of its components for addresses located in Australia)
  • Address type
  • Australian state/territory identifier
  • Country identifier
  • Non-Australian State/province
  • Postal delivery point identifier
  • Postcode - Australian
  • Postcode - international
  • Suburb/town/locality

Some attributes of an address, located within Australia, also provide the elements to determine the Statistical Local Area (SLA) (Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ABS cat. no. 1216.0, effective up until 1 July 2011)) or the Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) (Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ABS cat. nos. 1270.0.55.001 to 1270.0.55.005, effective from 1 July 2011)). This enables:

  • comparison of the use of services by persons residing in different geographical areas,
  • characterisation of catchment areas and populations for facilities for planning purposes, and
  • documentation of provision of services to clients who reside in other states or territories. The address is also a relevant element in the unambiguous identification of a Health Care Client and a Health Care Provider.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Health Data Standards Committee

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
Supersedes PDFAddress, version 2, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.3 KB) No registration status
Supersedes Address (community services)
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 08/05/2006
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Address—address line, text X[X(179)]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 02/01/2019
  • Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018
  • Health, Standard 13/03/2015
  • Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019
  • Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
Dwelling—address line, text [X(180)]
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013
Lung cancer (clinical) DSS
  • Health, Superseded 14/05/2015
Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS
  • Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Person (address)—address line, text X[X(179)]
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005
  • Health, Standard 04/05/2005
Person and provider identification in healthcare National Best Practice Data Set
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Service provider organisation (address)—address line, text X[X(179)]
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013
  • Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015
  • Tasmanian Health, Incomplete 12/09/2012
Statistical Local Area
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2006
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Health, Qualified 15/11/2011
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 30/04/2021
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