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Person—living arrangement, homelessness code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termLiving arrangement (homelessness)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term401292
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Definition:Help on this term

Whether a person from a presenting unit resides alone or lives with others, as represented by a code.

Context:Help on this term

Client support needs.

Data Element Concept:Person—living arrangement

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Lone person
2One parent with child(ren)
3Couple with child(ren)
4Couple without child(ren)
5Other family
6Group
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
9Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1   Lone person

This category is used to record single individuals.

CODE 2   One parent with child(ren)

This category includes step and adopted parent/child relationships.

CODE 3   Couple with child(ren)

This category includes step and adopted parent/child relationships.

CODE 4   Couple without child(ren)

This category includes couples without children.

CODE 5   Other family

This category includes all other groups with related individuals, including siblings and multi-generational families of more than two generations.

CODE 6 Group

This category includes two or more unrelated persons who live together. Boarders and lodgers are included in this category.

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Help on this termAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Family, Household and Income Unit Variables, Cat. No. 1286.0, 2005

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termThis item is collected for each person from a presenting unit.
Collection methods:Help on this term

The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question:

"Which category below best describes your living arrangements?"

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2011Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013
Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:

  • one week before the start of the support period (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY);
  • at the date of presentation;
  • at the end of the reporting period (the Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY); and
  • at the end of the support period (the Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY).

Only one permissible value is selected in each case.


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2012-13Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013
Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:

  • one week before the start of the support period (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY);
  • at the date of presentation;
  • at the end of the reporting period (the Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY); and
  • at the end of the support period (the Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY).

Only one permissible value is selected in each case.


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2013-14Homelessness, Superseded 26/08/2014
Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:

  • one week before the start of the support period (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the date of presentation
  • at the end of the reporting period (the Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the end of the support period (the Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY).

Only one permissible value is selected in each case.

This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (CODE 9) in the Standard.


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2014-15Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016
Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:

  • one week before the start of the support period (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the date of presentation
  • at the end of the reporting period (the Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the end of the support period (the Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY).

Only one permissible value is selected in each case.

This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (CODE 9) in the Standard.


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2015-17Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:

  • one week before the start of the support period (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the date of presentation
  • at the end of the reporting period (the Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the end of the support period (the Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY).

Only one permissible value is selected in each case.

This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (CODE 9) in the Standard.


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2017-19Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:

  • one week before the start of the support period (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the date of presentation
  • at the end of the reporting period (the Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the end of the support period (the Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY).

Only one permissible value is selected in each case.

This collection records a response of Don't Know (Code 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (Code 9) in the Standard.


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019-Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients.

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:

  • one week before the start of the support period (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the date of presentation
  • at the end of the reporting period (the Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY)
  • at the end of the support period (the Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY)

Only one permissible value is selected in each case.

This collection records a response of Don't Know (Code 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (Code 9) in the Standard.


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