Australian state/territory of address code AA[A]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	454148
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 09/03/2012 Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Housing assistance, Standard 02/05/2013 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021 WA Health, Standard 20/03/2015
Definition:	The code set representing the Australian state or territory of an address.

Representational attributes

Representation class:

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Code

Data type:

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String

Format:

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AA[A]

Maximum character length:

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3

Permissible values:

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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.

Relational attributes

Data elements implementing this value domain:

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