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Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termAustralian postcode (address)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term429894
Registration status:Help on this term
  • 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  • Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018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  • Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018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
  • WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014
  • Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022
Definition:Help on this term

The Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address.

Data Element Concept:Address—Australian postcode

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Postcode datafile
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this term{NNNN}
Maximum character length:Help on this term4

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Australian postal addresses should include a valid postcode. Refer to the Australia Post Address Presentation Standard for rules on presentation and positioning of postcodes on mail.

For a full list of Australian postcodes visit the Australia Post website: www.auspost.com.au

This data element may be used in the analysis of data on a geographical basis which involves coding data containing an address with a postcode to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) areas.  The ABS provides a number of coding indexes and correspondences to undertake this conversion from postcode to ASGS areas. (See the correspondences section of ABS geography portal www.abs.gov.au/geography).

A more accurate way to convert address data to ASGS geography is to use the locality to SA2 coding index, available from ABS, where the locality, postcode and state, (which are all part of an address), used in conjunction can effectively code data to the SA2 level and above in the ASGS. Note that it is not possible to code to SA1 level using these correspondences or indexes.

This data element is one of a number of items that can be used to create a primary address, as recommended by the AS 4590-2006 Interchange of client information standard. Components of the primary address are:

  • Address site (or Primary complex) name
  • Address number or number range
  • Road name (name/type/suffix)
  • Locality
  • State/Territory
  • Postcode (optional)
  • Country (if applicable).

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
Origin:Help on this term

Standards 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 code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013
Supersedes Housing assistance agency—Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013
Supersedes Person (address)—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012
  • Health, Superseded 07/12/2011
  • Homelessness, Superseded 30/05/2013
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 30/05/2013
Supersedes Service provider organisation (address)—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012
  • Health, Superseded 07/12/2011
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013
  • Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015
Supersedes Workplace (address)—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
  • Health, Superseded 07/12/2011
Has been superseded by Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Recorded 13/10/2022
  • 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
See also Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9)
  • Children and Families, Superseded 21/01/2021
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/12/2011
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Superseded 06/12/2016
See also Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
See also Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS Edition 3) N(9)
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014


Address details data dictionary
Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

Admitted patient care NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of the patient.

Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of the patient.

Admitted patient care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of the patient.

Admitted patient care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 10/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of the patient.

Admitted patient care NMDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of the patient.


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2013-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

DSS specific information:

For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, this data element relates to the usual address of the client.

In cases where the postcode of the client’s place of residence is not known, a supplementary value of 9999 = Not stated/inadequately described should be used.


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2015-18
Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

DSS specific information:

For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, this data element relates to the usual address of the client.


Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS
Health, Superseded 17/10/2018

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of the patient.

The postcode can also be used in association with the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) index (Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia (CD-ROM)) to derive socio-economic disadvantage, which is associated with cardiovascular risk.

People from lower socio-economic groups are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than those from higher socio-economic groups. In 1997, people aged 25 - 64 living in the most disadvantaged group of the population died from cardiovascular disease at around twice the rate of those living in the least disadvantaged group (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2001. Heart, stroke and vascular diseases- Australian facts 2001.).

This difference in death rates has existed since at least the 1970s.


Collection of locality, postcode and state/territory for SEIFA cluster
Health, Standard 29/08/2014
Community Services (retired), Not progressed 17/01/2018
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

Community housing and Indigenous community housing service provider organisation address details cluster
Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013
Indigenous, Standard 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

Unknown postcodes are recorded as "U".


Community Housing DSS 2018-
Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

This metadata item is collected twice, once for the community housing provider's address (in the organisation file) and once for the dwelling address (in the dwelling file).

Record unknown values as ‘U’.


Community housing dwelling address details cluster
Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

Unknown postcodes are recorded as "U".

Disability Services NMDS 2012-14
Community Services (retired), Standard 13/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

DSS specific information:

In the DS NMDS, this data element is collected twice.

The first occurrence refers to the postcode of the location of the service type outlet address and not the postal address. If the service type outlet is provided in the person’s home, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered, not that of the person. If recreation services are provided in various locations, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered.

The second occurrence refers to the postcode of a service user's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average). This is intended to capture the postcode of the 'geographic location' of a person, not their postal address postcode. The service user’s postcode must relate to their selected ‘residential setting’.


Disability Services NMDS 2014-15
Community Services (retired), Incomplete 23/04/2014
Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

DSS specific information:

In the Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), this data element is collected twice.

The first occurrence refers to the postcode of the location of the service type outlet address and not the postal address. If the service type outlet is provided in the person’s home, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered, not that of the person. If recreation services are provided in various locations, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered.

The second occurrence refers to the postcode of a service user's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average). This is intended to capture the postcode of the 'geographic location' of a person, not their postal address postcode. The service user’s postcode must relate to their selected ‘residential setting’.


Disability Services NMDS 2015–16
Disability, Superseded 28/09/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

DSS specific information:

In the Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), this data element is collected twice.

The first occurrence refers to the postcode of the location of the service type outlet address and not the postal address. If the service type outlet is provided in the person’s home, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered, not that of the person. If recreation services are provided in various locations, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered.

The second occurrence refers to the postcode of a service user's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average). This is intended to capture the postcode of the 'geographic location' of a person, not their postal address postcode. The service user’s postcode must relate to their selected 'residential setting' (as captured in 'Person—residential setting, NDA code N[N]').


Disability Services NMDS 2016–17
Disability, Superseded 15/12/2017

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Conditional obligation:

Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N]

DSS specific information:

In the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), this data element is collected twice.

The first occurrence refers to the postcode of the location of the service type outlet address and not the postal address. If the service type outlet is provided in the person’s home, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered, not that of the person. If recreation services are provided in various locations, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered.

The second occurrence refers to the postcode of a service user's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average). This is intended to capture the postcode of the 'geographic location' of a person, not their postal address postcode. The service user’s postcode must relate to their selected 'residential setting' (as captured in 'Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N]').


Dwelling (housing assistance) cluster
Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.

Dwelling (housing assistance) cluster
Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.


Dwelling (housing assistance) cluster
Housing assistance, Standard 19/12/2017

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2012
Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

DSS specific information:

Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2013
Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

DSS specific information:

Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2014
Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

DSS specific information:

Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2015
Early Childhood, Standard 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

DSS specific information:

Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2016
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2017
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 01/06/2018

DSS specific information:

Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2012
Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

DSS specific information:

This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.

Child

Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box postcode or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.

Early childhood education and care service

Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2013
Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

DSS specific information:

This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.

Child

Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box postcode or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.

Early childhood education and care service

Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2014
Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

DSS specific information:

This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.

Child

Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box postcode or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.

Early childhood education and care service

Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2015
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

DSS specific information:

This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.

Child

Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box postcode or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.

Early childhood education and care service

Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2016
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.

Child

Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box postcode or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.

Early childhood education and care service

Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2017
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

DSS specific information:

This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.

Child

Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box postcode or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.

Early childhood education and care service

Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting.


Emergency department care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


Home purchase assistance DSS 2011-12
Housing assistance, Superseded 03/07/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011

Implementation end date: 30/06/2012

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.

Home purchase assistance DSS 2012-13
Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.

Home purchase assistance DSS 2013-
Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.


Indigenous Community Housing DSS 2018-
Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

This metadata item is collected twice, once for the Indigenous community housing provider's address (in the organisation file) and once for the dwelling address (in the dwelling file).

Record unknown values as ‘U’.


Indigenous community housing dwelling address details cluster
Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
Indigenous, Standard 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

Unknown postcodes are recorded as "U".

Indigenous community housing dwelling address details cluster
Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

Unknown postcodes are recorded as "U".


Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


Juvenile Justice Detention file cluster
Community Services (retired), Not progressed 23/01/2018
Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This item is collected twice: once for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice detention and once for the youth detention centre.

Guide for Use

Use the Australian Post postcode file.

Leave the field blank if:

  • the last known home address is unknown
  • the last known home address is outside Australia
  • the young person had no fixed address.

Juvenile Justice Detention file cluster
Youth Justice, Qualified 22/12/2022

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This item is collected twice: once for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice detention and once for the youth detention centre.

Guide for Use

Use the Australian Post postcode file.

Leave the field blank if:

  • the last known home address is unknown
  • the last known home address is outside Australia
  • the young person had no fixed address.

Juvenile Justice Order file cluster
Community Services (retired), Standard 14/09/2009

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 24/09/2009


Juvenile Justice Order file cluster
Community Services (retired), Not progressed 23/01/2018
Youth Justice, Qualified 22/12/2022

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This item is collected for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice supervision.

Guide for Use

Use the Australian Post postcode file.

Leave the field blank if:

  • the last known home address is unknown
  • the last known home address is outside Australia
  • the young person had no fixed address. 

Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster
Community Services (retired), Recorded 10/10/2014
Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'not stated/inadequately described'.


Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'.

For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.


Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'.

For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.


Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 20/04/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'.

For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.


Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'.

For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’.


Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14
Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

DSS specific information:

Variable name = SPRPC

This item represents the Medicare servicing provider postcode.


Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14
Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

DSS specific information:

Variable name = SPRPC

This item represents the Medicare servicing provider postcode.


Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14
Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

DSS specific information:

Variable name = SPRPC

This item represents the Medicare servicing provider postcode.


National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18
Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 04/02/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 02/12/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster
Community Services (retired), Recorded 09/10/2014
Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's usual place of residence at the time of notification.


Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's usual place of residence at the time of notification.

For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’


Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's usual place of residence at the time of notification.

For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’


Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 20/04/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's usual place of residence at the time of notification.

For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’


Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's usual place of residence at the time of notification.

For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’


Private rent assistance DSS 2011-12
Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011

Implementation end date: 30/06/2012

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.

Private rent assistance DSS 2012-13
Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.

Private rent assistance DSS 2013-
Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

DSS specific information:

This item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.


Public dental waiting times DSS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 09/11/2012

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

DSS specific information:

In the PDWT DSS, this data element refers to the postcode of a person's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average).


Public dental waiting times NMDS 2013-2018
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

DSS specific information:

In the PDWT DSS, this data element refers to the postcode of a person's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average).


Public hospital establishment address details DSS
Health, Superseded 04/08/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018-
Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

This metadata item is used to collect the dwelling postcode.


Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) cluster 2011
Community Services (retired), Standard 21/02/2012
Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2013-14
Homelessness, 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 reported twice, for:

  • where the person lived one week before the first service contact (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2014-15
Homelessness, 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 reported twice, for:

  • where the person lived one week before the first service contact (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2015-17
Homelessness, 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 reported twice, for:

  • where the person lived one week before the first service contact (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2017-19
Homelessness, 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 reported twice, for:

  • where the person lived one week before the first service contact (the Service episode—episode start date, DDMMYYYY)
  • where the person lived the last time they had a permanent place to live.

Surveillance of healthcare associated infection: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia NBPDS
Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

WA Abortion Notification System
WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/01/2002

Implementation end date: 31/07/2014

DSS specific information:

WA ANS name: Post_code_of_residence

WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2013-14
WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This data element refers to the postcode of the patient's address at the time of the scheduled appointment. It is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the following data items:

  • PER_ADDRESS_POSTCODE (Mandatory)
  • PER_MAIL_ADDRESS_POSTCODE (Optional).

These items are also referred to in the NAPAAWL DC as:

  • Patient residential address postcode
  • Patient mail address postcode.

Patient mail address postcode is only relevant if it is different to the residential address postcode. It is only recorded in the NAPAAWL DC if the patient agrees to provide it.


WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2014-15
WA Health, Standard 24/04/2015

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This data element refers to the postcode of the patient's address at the time of the scheduled appointment. It is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the following data items:

  • PER_ADDRESS_POSTCODE (Mandatory)
  • PER_MAIL_ADDRESS_POSTCODE (Optional).

These items are also referred to in the NAPAAWL DC as:

  • Patient residential address postcode
  • Patient mail address postcode.

Patient mail address postcode is only relevant if it is different to the residential address postcode. It is only recorded in the NAPAAWL DC if the patient agrees to provide it.


WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2016-17
WA Health, Standard 30/05/2017

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This data element refers to the postcode of the patient's address at the time of the scheduled appointment. It is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the following data items:

  • PER_ADDRESS_POSTCODE (Mandatory)
  • PER_MAIL_ADDRESS_POSTCODE (Optional)

These items are also referred to in the NAPAAWL DC as:

  • Patient residential address postcode
  • Patient mail address postcode

Patient mail address postcode is only relevant if it is different to the residential address postcode. It is only recorded in the NAPAAWL DC if the patient agrees to provide it.

The synonymous name POSTCODE is used for national reporting.


Youth Justice Detention file cluster
Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

This item is collected twice: once for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice detention and once for the youth detention centre.

Suburb/Town/Locality should be sourced from the Australia Post Standard postcode file for the relevant year, available on the Australia Post website. 


Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.1–Bulk-billing for non-referred (GP) attendances, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: After-hours GP attendances, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: After-hours GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Bulk-billed GP attendances, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Bulk-billed GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Expenditure on after-hours GP attendances, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Expenditure on after-hours GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Expenditure on GP attendances, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Expenditure on GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Frequent GP attenders, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: GP attendances, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: In-hours GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Very high GP attenders, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

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