Address—Australian state/territory identifier, code AA[A]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Australian state/territory identifier of address
Synonymous names:	State/territory code
METEOR identifier:	430134
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Definition:	An identifier of the state or territory of an address, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Address—Australian state/territory identifier

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

AA[A]

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
NSW	New South Wales
VIC	Victoria
QLD	Queensland
SA	South Australia
WA	Western Australia
TAS	Tasmania
NT	Northern Territory
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
AAT	Australian Antarctic Territory

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

These Australian state/territory codes are used for addressing purposes only. The codes are listed in the order commonly used for statistical reporting by ABS and used in the National Standard for Australian state/territory identifier.

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.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

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:

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:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Address components cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016

Address details cluster ACT Health (retired), Candidate 10/08/2018
Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016

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

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Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018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

Collection of locality, postcode and state/territory for SEIFA cluster Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018

Funding jurisdiction cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 13/03/2013
Disability, Standard 07/10/2014

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

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 24/09/2009

Provider place of practice cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Conditional obligation:* To be used if Individual service provider—country of employment in registered profession, Australia/other country code N equals 1.

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

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) (2016 Census, ASGS 2016) cluster Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018
Health, Standard 06/09/2018

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:* Australian state/territory identifier is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the data item: PER_ADDRESS_STATE_CODE In the NAPAAWL DC, this data item does not have a code for Australian Antarctic Territory. However, it does have the following supplementary values within the NAPAAWL DC: OTH Other Territories UNK Unknown

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:* Australian state/territory identifier is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the data item: PER_ADDRESS_STATE_CODE In the NAPAAWL DC, this data item does not have a code for Australian Antarctic Territory; however it does have the following supplementary values within the NAPAAWL DC: OTH Other Territories UNK Unknown.

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:* Australian state/territory identifier is collected in the NAPAAWL DC against the data item: PER_ADDRESS_STATE_CODE In the NAPAAWL DC, this data item does not have a code for Australian Antarctic Territory. It does have the following supplementary values within the NAPAAWL DC: OTH Other Territories UNK Unknown.

Address—Australian state/territory identifier, code AA[A]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

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