Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:	Classification Scheme
Synonymous names:	ASGS 2011
METEOR identifier:	437772
Registration status:	Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 16/10/2015 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/12/2011 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 06/12/2016 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 27/06/2017
Definition:	The Australian Bureau of Statistics framework for statistical geography. The main purpose of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) is the dissemination of geographically classified statistics. It provides a common framework of statistical geography which enables the publication of statistics that are comparable and spatially integrated.
Context:	From July 2011, the ABS will progressively replace the current Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) with the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) as its geographical framework.

Classification structure:	The ASGS classification structures are split into two broads groups, the ABS Structures and the Non-ABS Structures. The ABS Structures are hierarchies of regions defined and maintained by the ABS. The regions that comprise the ABS Structures will remain unchanged until the next Census of Population and Housing in 2016. The ABS Structures are built directly from mesh blocks. Non-ABS Structures are approximated by mesh blocks, the Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s), or the Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s). The ABS Structures comprise six interrelated hierarchies of regions. They are: Main Structure Indigenous Structure Urban Centres and Localities/Section of State Structure Remoteness Area Structure Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) Structure Significant Urban Area Structure. The Non-ABS Structures comprise eight hierarchies of regions which are not defined or maintained by the ABS, but for which the ABS is committed to providing a range of statistics. They generally represent administrative regions and are approximated by mesh blocks, SA1s or SA2s. They are: Local Government Areas (LGAs) Postal Areas State Suburbs Commonwealth Electoral Divisions State Electoral Divisions Australian Drainage Divisions Natural Resource Management Regions Tourism Regions.
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011. 1270.0.55.001 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011 http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/ 1270.0.55.001July%202011?OpenDocument Canberra: ABS. Viewed on 15/07/2011.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016 ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018 Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017
Value Domains based on this classification scheme:	Statistical area level 1 (SA1) code (ASGS 2011) N(11) Community Services (retired), Standard 06/12/2011 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 06/12/2016 Statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9) Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/12/2011 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 06/12/2016 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 27/06/2017 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Statistical area level 3 (SA3) code (ASGS 2011) NNNNN National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Admitted patient care remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Medicare remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015 Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) X Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015