1 | Service provider organisation cluster (Mainstream community housing) |
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- | Community housing waiting list cluster |
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| Conditional obligation: This cluster is conditional on whether the organisation is on a jurisdictional common waitlist. If an organisation is on a common waitlist the jurisdiction will supply wait list information on their behalf. If an organisation is not on a common waitlist then they are required to supply their wait list information. The Not stated/inadequately described values in this data element cluster, should be ignored for this collection. |
- | Housing assistance application type | Number
[1]
| 1 | New application | 2 | Transfer application | 8 | Other | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Greatest need indicator | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Number of applicants on waiting list | Number
[4]
| N[NNN] Total number of people. | DSS specific information: This item is collected twice: - on its own to ascertain the total number of people on the waiting list
- in combination with Person—application type, housing assistance code N and Household—greatest need indicator, yes/no code N to ascertain the number of new applicants on the waiting list who are in greatest need.
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- | Service provider organisation support type cluster |
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1 | Assistance/support other than housing assistance indicator | Boolean
[1]
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2 | Support service type | Number
[2]
| 1 | Daily living support | 2 | Personal support | 3 | Community living support | 4 | Support for children, families and carers | 5 | Training, vocational rehabilitation and employment | 6 | Financial and material assistance | 7 | Information, advice and referral | 88 | Other | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: Conditional on 'yes' being recorded for Service provider organisation—support service type indicator, yes/no code NDSS specific information: This data element refers to services, other than housing assistance, which can be provided by the service provider organisation. |
3 | Other support service type | String
[40]
| [X(40)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: This item is conditional on '8: Other' being selected in the Support services, code N[N(7)] item.DSS specific information: This data element refers to services, other than housing assistance, which can be provided by the service provider organisation. |
- | Dwelling identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Address line (service provider organisation) | String
[180]
| X[X(179)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: In 2009-10 Mainstream Community Housing collected all organisation address details with a maximum 40 character alphanumeric text field. |
- | Postcode—Australian (service provider organisation) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | |
- | Suburb/town/locality name (service provider organisation) | String
[50]
| A[A(49)] A combination of alphabetic characters. | |
- | Organisation name | String
[50]
| X[X(49)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: |
- | Common waitlist indicator | Boolean
[1]
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- | Community housing provider type | Number
[1]
| 1 | Housing association | 2 | Housing cooperative | 3 | Other community service organisation | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection this item was collected with alternate values but can be mapped to the code set for this data element as follows:
METeOR Value | METeOR Label | CHC Value | 1 | Community association | A | 2 | Community cooperative | C | 3 | Other | O | 9 | Unknown | U |
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- | Recurrent net expenditure (Service provider organisation) | Currency
[11]
| N[N(8)].NN The total amount of Australian currency in dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: This item records the net recurrent cost to the service provider organisation. Includes: Employee expenses (e.g. wages and salaries, payroll tax, superannuation, compensation, accrued leave, and training); Supplies and service expenses (e.g. stationery, postage, telephone, vehicle, office equipment, information technology, auditing and accounting); Office rent; General accounting and personnel function costs (e.g. training costs or levies paid to community housing training authority or peak body); Grants and subsidies (excluding rental subsidies); Contracted community housing management services; Repairs and maintenance (e.g. day to day, cyclical or other); Rates (e.g. water or council/shire) where the provider is responsible for payment; Strata-title or body corporate charges; Costs of removal, sale or disposal of properties and inspections and building insurance where the provider is responsible for payment and public liability insurance; and Market rent paid (such as from head leasing) and interest expense (e.g. interest on loans). Excludes: Costs used for the purposes of capital (stock provision); The purchase of dwellings; and Construction costs. |
- | Number of boarding house buildings | Number
[4]
| N[NNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of boarding house rooms | Number
[4]
| N[NNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of boarding units managed | Number
[4]
| N[NNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of head leased dwellings | Number
[4]
| N[NNN] The total number. | DSS specific information: Private head-leased dwellings are owned by private individuals or private corporations and leased to housing providers via head-leasing arrangements. The housing provider is usually responsible for tenant selection and tenancy management functions. |
- | Number of tenancy rental units | Number
[4]
| N[NNN] The total number. | |
- | Organisation identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Survey response flag | Boolean
[1]
| | DSS specific information: For jurisdictions providing all unit record data using the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare survey: If the organisation hasn’t returned a survey (survey response = N), then we would only expect admin organisation and dwelling data (supplied by jurisdictions). If the organisation has returned the survey (survey response = Y), we would expect the survey variables in addition to the admin variables in the organisation and dwelling files. Additionally we would also expect a tenancy file and person file from the organisation. Note that NT does not survey the sector and so all survey responses are set to N. For jurisdictions providing finalised figures (NSW and Qld): Jurisdictions who provide finalised figures (NSW and Qld) only ever provide unit record organisation and dwelling admin data (the information provided by non responding organisation as above). NSW uses their own survey to collect the data from organisations. Their survey response indicates those organisations who have completed their survey. Qld also uses its own survey however they do not indicate which organisations have completed their survey all not (all survey responses are N). Qld provide coverage information separately. |
- | Total rent charged | Currency
[11]
| N[N(8)].NN The total amount of Australian currency in dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: In the Community housing 2009-10, the total amount of rent charged to all tenants is the amount of money the households have been asked to pay in the year ending 30 June 2009. It may differ from market rent and may not have been received. The amount of rent charged excludes charges for utilities. |
- | Total household rent collected | Currency
[11]
| N[N(8)].NN The total amount of Australian currency in dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: In the Community housing 2009-10 collection, the total amount of rent paid by all tenants includes rent arrears collected in the year ending 30 June 2009. This also includes prepaid rent collected in the year ending 30 June 2009 for the current and subsequent years. As such, the total rent collected over a 12 month period may be more than the total rent charged in the same period. |
2 | Dwelling file cluster (Mainstream community housing) |
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- | Address line (service provider organisation) | String
[180]
| X[X(179)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: |
- | Dwelling postcode - Australian | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | |
- | Dwelling Australian state/territory identifier | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection the dwelling state/territory identifer is recorded using the following abbreviations, as opposed to the full name used in this data element. The mapping table below indicates the relationship between the standard data element and the Community Housing collection's recorded values. METeOR Value | METeor Label | CHO Recorded Value | 1 | New South Wales | NSW | 2 | Victoria | Vic | 3 | Queensland | Qld | 4 | Western Australia | WA | 5 | South Australia | SA | 6 | Tasmania | Tas | 7 | Australian Capital Territory | ACT | 8 | Northern Territory | NT | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) | - |
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- | Boarding house unit indicator | Boolean
[1]
| | Conditional obligation: This is conditional upon 'other' being selected in the Dwelling—structure type, code N[N] data element. It is not relevant to the rest of the codeset. |
- | Dwelling identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Community housing program type | Number
[1]
| 1 | Long term community housing | 2 | Short to medium term housing | 3 | Boarding/ rooming house | 4 | Joint venture | 5 | National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) | 88 | Other | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: Code 88 'other' maps to code 9 'other', and code 99 'not stated/inadequately described' maps to code U 'unknown' in the collection manual. |
- | Community housing program type | Number
[1]
| 1 | Long term community housing | 2 | Short to medium term housing | 3 | Boarding/ rooming house | 4 | Joint venture | 5 | National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) | 88 | Other | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Number of bedrooms | Number
[3]
| N[NN] Total number of bedrooms. | |
- | Number of tenancies at full capacity | Number
[3]
| N[NN] The total, sum, count, or aggregate of a collection of units. | |
- | Number of tenancies | Number
[3]
| N[NN] The total, sum, count, or aggregate of a collection of units. | DSS specific information: This refers to the number of tenancies as at June 30th of the collection year. |
- | Tenantable vacancies | Number
[3]
| N[NN] The total, sum, count, or aggregate of a collection of units. | DSS specific information: This refers to the number of tentantable vacancies as at June 30th of the collection year. |
- | Untenantable vacancies | Number
[3]
| N[NN] The total, sum, count, or aggregate of a collection of units. | DSS specific information: This refers to the number of untentantable vacancies as at June 30th of the collection year. |
- | Dwelling structure | Number
[2]
| 1 | Separate house | 2 | Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse, etc. | 3 | Flat, unit or apartment | 4 | Caravan, tent, cabin etc. in caravan park, houseboat in marina, etc. | 5 | Caravan not in caravan park, houseboat not in marina, etc. | 6 | Improvised home, tent, campers out | 7 | House or flat attached to a shop, office, etc. | 8 | Boarding/rooming house unit | 9 | Other | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing Collection 2009-10 only values 1, 2, 3 and 8 are applicable. Unknowns are also recorded as 'U' which can be mapped to Not Applicable = 99 in the codeset for this data element. |
- | Suburb/town/locality name (dwelling) | String
[50]
| A[A(49)] A combination of alphabetic characters. | DSS specific information: The Community Housing Collection 2009-10 Jurisdiction manual notes a maximum field length of 15 alphanumeric characters, which is substantially less than the 50 characters recommended by the ABS. |
- | Organisation identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
3 | Tenancy/vacancy cluster (Mainstream community housing) |
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| Conditional obligation: This cluster is conditional on the basis of an active tenancy in mainstream community housing during the collection period. |
- | Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) amount | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection the Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) amount, is collected for the week of June 30th 2010. |
- | Date dwelling occupied | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection this item is used to collect the date the tenancy started or vacancy ended. |
- | Date dwelling vacated | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection this item is used to collect the date the tenancy ended or vacancy started. |
- | Dwelling identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Number of bedrooms | Number
[3]
| N[NN] Total number of bedrooms. | DSS specific information: This data element counts the number of bedrooms in each tenancy agreement. |
- | Number of occupants | Number
[2]
| NN Total number of people. | |
- | Tenancy (rental) unit identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Dwelling tenantability status | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection 'unknown' is recorded as 'U', and should be mapped to '9=Not stated/Inadequately described". Code 1 Yes = tenantable vacancy Code 2 No = untentantable vacancy |
- | Assessable weekly income | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection, this item was collected for the week of June 30th 2010. Assessable income includes income from all sources (excluding Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA)) as specified and used by the agency to establish eligibility of a household for receipt of housing assistance. |
- | Household Australian State/Territory identifier | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection the household state/territory identifer is recorded using the following abbreviations, as opposed to the full name used in this data element. The mapping table below indicates the relationship between the standard data element and the Community Housing collection's recorded values. METeOR Value | METeor Label | CHO Recorded Value | 1 | New South Wales | NSW | 2 | Victoria | Vic | 3 | Queensland | Qld | 4 | Western Australia | WA | 5 | South Australia | SA | 6 | Tasmania | Tas | 7 | Australian Capital Territory | ACT | 8 | Northern Territory | NT | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) | - |
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- | Disability household | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection 'unknown' is recorded as 'U', and should be mapped to '9=Not stated/Inadequately described". |
- | Greatest need indicator | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection greatest needs households are households who were subject to one or more of the following circumstances: - they were homeless; or
- their life or safety was at risk in their accommodation; or
- their health condition was aggravated by their housing; or
- their housing was inappropriate to their needs; or
- they had very high rental housing costs.
A homeless household for the greatest need definition is a household with no housing or a household residing in temporary or emergency accommodation. It includes households who: - lived in accommodation provided by a specialist homelessness services agency or some other form of emergency accommodation;
- were totally without permanent shelter;
- lived in shelter that was unlawful such as those who were forced to squat in derelict buildings; or
- stayed temporarily with friends or relatives in the short term.
In the Community Housing collection 'unknown' records should be mapped to '9 - Not stated/Inadequately described'. This item determines whether the household is assessed as being in greatest need at the time of allocation. |
- | Household weekly gross income | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection, this item was collected for the week of June 30th 2010. The gross weekly income excludes Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA). |
- | Homeless prior to allocation indicator | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection 'unknown' is recorded as 'U', and should be mapped to '9=Not stated/Inadequately described". |
- | Household composition (housing assistance) | String
[1]
| 1 | Single | 2 | Sole parent with child/ren aged less than 16 years | 3 | Couple only | 4 | Couple with child/ren aged less than 16 years | 5 | Family (with other family members present including children aged 16 years and over) | 6 | Family (with other non-related members present) | 7 | Group (unrelated adults) | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection 'unknown' is recorded as 'U', and should be mapped to '9=Not stated/Inadequately described". |
- | Household identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Household Indigenous status | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection 'unknown' is recorded as 'U', and should be mapped to '9=Not stated/Inadequately described". |
- | Main language other than English spoken at home indicator | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection 'unknown' is recorded as 'U', and should be mapped to '9=Not stated/Inadequately described". |
- | Market value of rent paid indicator | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection 'unknown' is recorded as 'U', and should be mapped to '9=Not stated/Inadequately described". |
- | Principal household income source (community housing) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Wages | 2 | Centrelink payments | 8 | Other | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection 'Other' is recorded as '3' and 'Unknown' is recorded as 'U', they should be mapped to '8' and '9' respectively. |
- | Rent charged | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection, this item was collected for the week of June 30th 2010. The rent charged is the amount of money the household has been asked to pay. It may differ from market rent and may not have been received. The amount of rent charged should exclude Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA), charges for utilities, meals, cleaning, laundry or other facility costs in the rent charged to tenant. |
- | Transfer status | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection unknown is recorded as "U" and should be mapped to "99" Not stated/Inadequately described. |
- | Organisation identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
4 | Person file cluster (Mainstream community housing) |
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| Conditional obligation: This cluster is conditional on the basis of a person/household having an active tenancy in mainstream community housing during the collection period. |
- | Household identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Australian state/territory identifier (person) | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection the person state/territory identifier is recorded using the following abbreviations, as opposed to the full name used in this data element. The mapping table below indicates the relationship between the standard data element and the Community Housing collection's recorded values. METeOR Value | METeor Label | CHO Recorded Value | 1 | New South Wales | NSW | 2 | Victoria | Vic | 3 | Queensland | Qld | 4 | Western Australia | WA | 5 | South Australia | SA | 6 | Tasmania | Tas | 7 | Australian Capital Territory | ACT | 8 | Northern Territory | NT | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) | - |
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- | Date of birth | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Single/couple status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Single status OR couple relationship with non-household member | 2 | Couple relationship with another household member (de facto or married) | 9 | Not stated/Inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection "Unknown" is recorded as "U", and should be mapped to "9 - Not stated/inadequately described". |
- | Principal tenant indicator | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Community Housing collection 2009-10, 'Unknown' is recorded as 'U', and should be mapped to '9 = Not stated/inadequately described. |
- | Sex | Number
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Intersex or indeterminate | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: The Community Housing 2009-10 collection does not use the value '3 = Intersex'. Unknown values should be mapped to '9 = Not stated/inadequately described'. |
- | Organisation identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
5 | Administrator net recurrent cost cluster |
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- | Net recurrent administration expenditure | Currency
[10]
| N[N(9)]
Total number of Australian dollars. | |
- | Net recurrent operational expenditure | Currency
[10]
| N[N(9)]
Total number of Australian dollars. | DSS specific information: Used to collect administrator net recurrent operational costs only. |