Address—Australian area code, code NN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Australian area code
METEOR identifier:	434284
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
Definition:	The standard Australian area code, used in conjunction with contact telephone and facsimile numbers, that also describes the location of an entity, as represented by a two-digit number.
Data Element Concept:	Address—Australian area code
Value Domain:	Australian area code code NN

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	String
Format:	NN
Maximum character length:	2
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	02	New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory
	03	Victoria/Tasmania
	07	Queensland
	08	South Australia/Northern Territory/Western Australia, including Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	Australian Communications Media Authority (ACMA) 2011. 8-digit numbering: four area codes. Canberra: ACMA. Viewed 11 July 2011, http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2466

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Collection methods:	The two-digit area code should be abbreviated to one-digit when used in conjunction with leading country code. If this is the case, the leading ‘0’ in the area code should be removed, e.g. 03 55551234 becomes 61 3 55551234. When a country code is used in conjunction with an area code and phone number it should be arranged in the following order: (Country Code) + (Area Code) + Phone Number.
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:	See also Address—international country code, N[NNNN] Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 See also Address—telephone number, text X[X(15)] Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014 See also Address—telephone number, text X[X(19)] WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Electronic contact details data dictionary Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015