Person—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2009) NNNNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Area of usual residence |
| METEOR identifier: | 386783 |
| Registration status: | Health, Superseded 17/12/2010 |
| Definition: | Geographical location of usual residence of the person, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—area of usual residence |
| Value Domain: | Geographical location code (ASGC 2009) NNNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Geographical Classification 2009 | |
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| Representation class: | Code | |
| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | NNNNN | |
| Maximum character length: | 5 | |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | The geographical location is reported using a five digit numerical code. The first digit is the single-digit code to indicate State or Territory. The remaining four digits are the numerical code for the Statistical Local Area (SLA) within the State or Territory. The single digit codes for the states and territories and the four digit codes for the SLAs are as defined in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). The ASGC is updated on an annual basis with a date of effect of 1 July each year. The codes for SLA are unique within each State and Territory, but not within the whole country. Thus, to define a unique location, the code of the State or Territory is required in addition to the code for the SLA. The Australian Bureau of Statistics '(ABS) National Localities Index (NLI) (ABS Catalogue number 1252.0) can be used to assign each locality or address in Australia to a SLA. The NLI is a comprehensive list of localities in Australia with their full code (including State or Territory and SLA) from the main structure of the ASGC. For the majority of localities, the locality name (suburb or town, for example) is sufficient to assign a SLA. However, some localities have the same name. For most of these, limited additional information such as the postcode or State can be used with the locality name to assign the SLA. In addition, other localities cross one or more SLA boundaries and are referred to as split localities. For these, the more detailed information of the number and street of the person's residence is used with the Streets Sub-index of the NLI to assign the SLA. If the information available on the person's address indicates that it is in a split locality but is insufficient to assign an SLA, the code for the SLA which includes most of the split locality should be reported. This is in accordance with the NLI assignment of SLA when a split locality is identified and further detail about the address is not available. The NLI does not assign a SLA code if the information about the address is insufficient to identify a locality, or is not an Australian locality. In these cases, the appropriate codes for undefined SLA within Australia (State or Territory unstated), undefined SLA within a stated State or Territory, no fixed place of abode (within Australia or within a stated State or Territory) or overseas should be used. |
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| Collection methods: | When collecting the geographical location of a person's usual place of residence, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recommends that 'usual' be defined as: 'the place where the person has or intends to live for 6 months or more, or the place that the person regards as their main residence, or where the person has no other residence, the place they currently reside.' Apart from collecting a person's usual place of residence there is also a need in some collections to collect area of residence immediately prior to or after assistance is provided, or at some other point in time. |
| Comments: | Geographical location is reported using Statistical Local Area (SLA) to enable accurate aggregation of information to larger areas within the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (such as Statistical Subdivisions and Statistical Divisions) as well as detailed analysis at the SLA level. The use of SLA also allows analysis relating the data to information complied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the demographic and other characteristics of the population of each SLA. Analyses facilitates by the inclusion of SLA information include:
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2008) NNNNN Health, Superseded 02/10/2009 Has been superseded by Person—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2010) NNNNN Health, Superseded 22/11/2011 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 18/01/2011 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 21/12/2010 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 18/01/2011 |
| Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education: 2009, P05.1-Proportion of disadvantaged children who are enrolled in a preschool program, 2010 Early Childhood, Recorded 08/08/2012
Used as Disaggregation
National Health Performance Authority Healthy Communities: Percentage of live singleton births that were of low birthweight, 2007–2011 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority Healthy Communities: Percentage of women who gave birth and had at least one antenatal visit in the first trimester, 2010–2011 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority Healthy Communities: Percentage of women who gave birth and smoked during pregnancy, 2007–2011 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Healthcare Agreement: P64b-Indigenous Australians in the health workforce, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PB 05-By 2012–13, 80 per cent of emergency department presentations are seen within clinically recommended triage times as recommended by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, 2012 Health, Retired 25/06/2013 National Healthcare Agreement: PB f-By 2014-15, improve the provision of primary care and reduce the proportion of potentially preventable hospital admissions by 7.6 per cent over the 2006-07 baseline to 8.5 per cent of total hospital admissions, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 01-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 08-Major causes of death, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 14-Waiting times for GPs, 2011 Health, Superseded 30/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 16-People deferring access to GPs, medical specialists or prescribed medications due to cost, 2011 Health, Superseded 30/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 16-People deferring access to selected healthcare due to cost, 2012 Health, Superseded 25/06/2013 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 18-Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20a-Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20b-Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion seen on time, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a-Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23-Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 32-Patient satisfaction/experience, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 58-Patient satisfaction/experience, 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 58-Patient satisfaction/experience, 2012 Health, Superseded 25/06/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 02-Mortality rate by leading causes, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 06-Under five mortality rate by leading cause, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 06-Under five mortality rate by leading cause, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 06-Under five mortality rate by leading cause, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 06-Under five mortality rate by leading cause, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 07-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 07-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2014 Indigenous, Superseded 24/11/2014 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 08-Tobacco smoking during pregnancy, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 09-Antenatal care, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 12b-Attainment of Year 12 or equivalent (survey data), 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 13-Attendance rates Year 1 to Year 10, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 13-Attendance rates Year 1 to Year 10, 2014 Indigenous, Superseded 24/11/2014 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 14b-Level of workforce participation (survey data), 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 15b-Proportion of Indigenous 20-64 year olds with or working towards a post-school qualification in Certificate level III or above (survey data), 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 19-Apparent retention rates from 7/8 to Year 10 and Year 12, 2012 Indigenous, Superseded 13/06/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 19-Apparent retention rates from 7/8 to Year 10 and Year 12, 2012 Indigenous, Superseded 13/06/2013 National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 20-Attendance rates Year 1 to Year 10, 2012 Indigenous, Superseded 13/06/2013 |