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Address—Australian postcode

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element Concept
METEOR identifier:Help on this term429892
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
  • Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Standard 09/03/2012
  • Health, Standard 07/12/2011
  • Homelessness, Standard 02/05/2013
  • Housing assistance, Standard 02/05/2013
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012
  • Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016
  • WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Definition:Help on this termThe Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:Address
Definition:Help on this termA collection of information used for describing the location of an entity and/or details describing how the entity can be contacted.
Specialisation of:Help on this termLocation

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:Australian postcode
Definition:Help on this termThe numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place.
Context:Help on this termPostcode is an important part of a postal address and facilitates written communication. It is one of a number of geographic identifiers that can be used to determine a geographic location.
Property group:Help on this termLocation characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Standards Australia

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:Help on this termStandards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Dwelling—Australian postcode
  • Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
Supersedes Housing assistance agency—Australian postcode
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013
Supersedes Person (address)—Australian postcode
  • 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
Supersedes Service provider organisation (address)—Australian postcode
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012
  • Health, Superseded 07/12/2011
  • Housing assistance, Recorded 19/10/2012
  • Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015
Supersedes Workplace (address)—Australian postcode
  • Health, Superseded 07/12/2011
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:Help on this term
Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile - Tasmanian variation) {NNNN}
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016
Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012
  • Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • Tasmanian Health, Candidate 30/06/2014
  • WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014
  • Youth Justice, Qualified 29/06/2022
Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021
  • Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
  • Disability, Standard 15/12/2017
  • Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
  • Indigenous, Standard 27/02/2018
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
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