Address—Australian postcode

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Address
Definition:	A collection of information used for describing the location of an entity and/or details describing how the entity can be contacted.
Specialisation of:	Location

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Australian postcode
Definition:	The numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place.
Context:	Postcode 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:	Location characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:	Standards Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:	Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

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Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Supersedes Housing assistance agency—Australian postcode Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Supersedes Person (address)—Australian postcode Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Supersedes Service provider organisation (address)—Australian postcode Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Housing assistance, Recorded 19/10/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Supersedes Workplace (address)—Australian postcode Health, Superseded 07/12/2011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:

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Standard 14/10/2015 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 National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