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Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015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

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: