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Person (housing assistance) cluster

Data Set Specification Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term459133
Registration status:Help on this term

Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS type:Help on this termData Element Cluster
Scope:Help on this term

The Person cluster describes details of all persons who received assistance during the year (ongoing and non-ongoing).

Include:

  • 1 record for each person in each Household—household identifier, X[X(14)] (i.e. where persons are attached to two households then there should be two records for that individual)
  • Persons in dwellings headleased from private market or other programs and managed by the jurisdiction.

Exclude:

  • Persons in households residing in dwellings owned but not administered by the jurisdiction (e.g. leased to other program areas and not administered by state housing authority).

Collection and usage attributes

Statistical unit:Help on this termDwellings and Households
Guide for use:Help on this term

All jurisdictions are asked to supply the single/couple codes in the reference period data extractions. Previously, a household’s bedroom requirement has been calculated using the Proxy Occupancy Standard (POS), however under National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) reporting requirements, the match of a dwelling to household size is based on Canadian National Occupancy Standard (CNOS).

New low income cut–off measures for low income households based on new definition under NAHA.

Collection methods:Help on this term

Data qualifications:

  • If records for persons in ended household cannot be supplied, special needs status for the ended household should be set in the household file to ensure all households are captured in the P5 special needs indicator.
Comments:Help on this termRefer to the collection period of the data set to determine the reference year for this cluster.

Source and reference attributes

Steward:Help on this termHousing and Homelessness Performance Reporting Working Group
Origin:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Public rental housing and SOMIH national data collection: processing manual 2009-2010. Canberra: AIHW.
Reference documents:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2006. National Housing Assistance Data Dictionary Version 3 (Housing Assistance Data Development Series). AIHW cat. no. HOU 147. Canberra: AIHW.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Person (housing assistance) cluster

Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Public rental housing DSS 2009-10

Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2009
Implementation end date: 30/06/2010
Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting a public rental housing dwelling during the collection period.

Public rental housing DSS 2010-11

Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2010
Implementation end date: 30/06/2011
Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting for a public rental housing dwelling during the collection period.

Public rental housing DSS 2011-12

Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2011
Implementation end date: 30/06/2012
Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting for a public rental housing dwelling during the collection period.

Public rental housing DSS 2012-13

Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013
Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting for a public rental housing dwelling during the collection period.

State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2009-10

Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2009
Implementation end date: 30/06/2010
Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting a SOMIH dwelling during the collection period.

State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2010-11

Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2010
Implementation end date: 30/06/2011
Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting a SOMIH dwelling during the collection period.

State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2011-12

Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014

Indigenous, Standard 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2011
Implementation end date: 30/06/2012
Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting a SOMIH dwelling during the collection period.

State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2012-13

Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013
Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting a SOMIH dwelling during the collection period.

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification Help on this term

Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
-Dwelling—housing program type, (public rental housing/SOMIH) code NMandatory1
-Household—household identifier, X[X(14)]Mandatory1
-Income unit—income unit identifier, X[X(14)]Mandatory1
-Person (income unit member)—relationship to reference person (income unit), code N

DSS specific information:

In the Public Housing and SOMIH collections this item is not collected according to the standard. The data file includes persons aged 25 years and over in Code 4, which is a deviation from the standard and inconsistent with the definition of income unit.

Mandatory1
-Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

DSS specific information:

Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)' is not collected in the Person (Public rental housing and SOMIH) cluster.
Mandatory1
-Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYYMandatory1
-Person—disability status, code NMandatory1
-Person—household single/couple status, code NMandatory1
-Person—Indigenous status, code N

DSS specific information:

The Public Housing and SOMIH collections do not collect Indigenous status according to the ABS standard. The values collected do not form a one-to-one relationship with the standard, as shown in the table below:

Standard METeOR ValueStandard METeOR LabelPH/SOMIH ValuePH/SOMIH Label
1Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander1Indigenous (not further defined)
2Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal1Indigenous (not further defined)
3Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander1Indigenous (not further defined)
4Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander2Neither Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
9Not stated/Inadequately described9Not stated/Inadequately described

 

Mandatory1
-Person—person identifier (household), X[X(14)]Mandatory1
-Person—relationship to reference person (household), code NMandatory1
-Person—sex, code NMandatory1

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