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Geographic indicator

Glossary Item Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term327306
Registration status:Help on this term

Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023

Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021

Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015

Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005

Disability, Standard 07/10/2014

Early Childhood, Standard 28/05/2014

Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

Homelessness, Standard 22/10/2005

Housing assistance, Standard 22/10/2005

Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Tasmanian Health, Standard 03/07/2020

Youth Justice, Qualified 22/12/2022

Definition:Help on this term

A classification scheme that divides an area into mutually exclusive sub-areas based on geographic location. Some geographic indicators are:

  • Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC, ABS cat. no. 1216.0, effective up until 1 July 2011)
  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS, ABS cat. nos. 1270.0.55.001 to 1270.0.55.005, effective from 1 July 2011)
  • administrative regions
  • electorates
  • Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA)
  • Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Area Classification (RRMA)
  • country.
Context:Help on this term

To enable the analysis of data on a geographical basis. Facilitates analysis of service provision in relation to demographic and other characteristics of the population of a geographic area.

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

The data element Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN is not included in the above listing, as it is, strictly speaking, not a geographic indicator.

Sometimes postcodes are used in the analysis of data on a geographical basis, which involves a conversion to Statistical Local Area or Statistical Area Level 2 (Australian Bureau of Statistics geographical structures). This conversion results in some inaccuracy of information. However, in some data sets Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN is the only geographic identifier, therefore the use of other more accurate indicators (for example, conversion from address line to Statistical Local Area or Statistical Area Level 2) is not always possible.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Geographic indicator

        Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022

        Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021

        Health, Standard 18/12/2019

        Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

        Tasmanian Health, Standard 28/03/2023

        Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022

Is re-engineered from PDF Geographic indicator, version 2, DEC, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.0 KB)

        No registration status

Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14

        Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

Admitted patient care NMDS 2014-15

        Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

Admitted patient care NMDS 2015-16

        Health, Superseded 10/11/2015

Admitted patient care NMDS 2016-17

        Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

Admitted patient care NMDS 2017-18

        Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Admitted patient care NMDS 2018-19

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Admitted patient care NMDS 2019-20

        Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

Australian state/territory identifier

        Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023

        Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021

        Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015

        Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005

        Disability, Standard 07/10/2014

        Early Childhood, Superseded 15/08/2023

        Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

        Homelessness, Standard 01/05/2013

        Housing assistance, Standard 22/10/2005

        Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

        WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015

        Youth Justice, Qualified 22/12/2022

Community Housing DSS 2018-

        Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

Community mental health care NMDS 2014-15

        Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

Community mental health care NMDS 2015-16

        Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

Community mental health care NMDS 2016-17

        Health, Superseded 17/08/2017

Community mental health care NMDS 2017–18

        Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Community mental health care NMDS 2018–19

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Community mental health care NMDS 2019–20

        Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

Female—number of antenatal care visits, total N[N]

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Female—number of antenatal care visits, total N[N]

        Health, Superseded 02/08/2017

        Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020

Government health expenditure NMDS 2014-

        Health, Standard 04/12/2013

Healthcare-associated infections NBEDS 2016–2021

        Health, Superseded 10/06/2022

Indigenous community housing DSS 2013-18

        Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

Indigenous community housing DSS 2014-

        Housing assistance, Recorded 12/05/2016

Indigenous Community Housing DSS 2018-

        Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

Mainstream community housing DSS 2013-18

        Housing assistance, Superseded 10/05/2019

Mainstream community housing DSS 2014-

        Housing assistance, Recorded 12/05/2016

Medical indemnity NBPDS 2014-

        Health, Standard 21/11/2013

Mental health establishments NMDS 2014-15

        Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

Mental health establishments NMDS 2015-16

        Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

Mental health establishments NMDS 2016-17

        Health, Superseded 17/08/2017

Mental health establishments NMDS 2017–18

        Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Mental health establishments NMDS 2018–19

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Mental health establishments NMDS 2019–20

        Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

Mental health seclusion and restraint NBEDS 2015-

        Health, Standard 13/11/2014

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

        Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20

        Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

Perinatal DSS 2014-15

        Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

Perinatal DSS 2015-16

        Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

Perinatal NBEDS 2016-17

        Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

Perinatal NBEDS 2017-18

        Health, Superseded 02/08/2017

Perinatal NBEDS 2018-19

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Perinatal NMDS 2013-14

        Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

Perinatal NMDS 2014-18

        Health, Superseded 02/08/2017

Perinatal NMDS 2018-19

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Person and provider identification in healthcare National Best Practice Data Set

        Health, Standard 05/10/2016

Prisoner health NBEDS

        Health, Standard 28/04/2016

Prisoner health NBEDS 2018

        Health, Recorded 22/12/2022

Prisoner health NBEDS 2022

        Health, Recorded 24/04/2023

Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018-

        Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

Public rental housing DSS 2013-14

        Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

Public rental housing DSS 2014-17

        Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017

Public rental housing DSS 2017-18

        Housing assistance, Superseded 10/05/2019

Residential mental health care NMDS 2014-15

        Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

Residential mental health care NMDS 2015-16

        Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

Residential mental health care NMDS 2016-17

        Health, Superseded 17/08/2017

Residential mental health care NMDS 2017–18

        Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Residential mental health care NMDS 2018–19

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Residential mental health care NMDS 2019–20

        Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2013-14

        Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2014-17

        Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2017-18

        Housing assistance, Superseded 05/05/2019

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