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Urban Centre

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
Synonymous names:Help on this termUC
METEOR identifier:Help on this term467399
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Qualified 23/09/2015
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019
Definition:Help on this termA population cluster of 1,000 or more people.
Context:Help on this term

Urban Centres, together with Localities, make up theĀ Urban Centre/Locality (UC/L) structure maintained by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) as part of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC).

A Locality is a population cluster of between 200 and 999 people. For statistical purposes, people living in Urban Centres are classified as urban while those in Localities are classified as rural.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:Help on this term

ABS cat. no. 2909.0. Statistical Geography: Volume 3 - Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Urban Centres/Localities, Australia, 2006. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Urban Centre and Locality
  • Health, Standard 06/09/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14
  • Health, Superseded 11/04/2014
Admitted patient care remoteness classification (ASGC-RA) N
  • Health, Standard 07/12/2011
Indigenous community housing DSS 2013-18
  • Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Indigenous Community Housing DSS 2018-
  • Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019
Locality
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Qualified 23/09/2015
  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Locality
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Qualified 23/09/2015
  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Medical indemnity NBPDS 2014-
  • Health, Standard 21/11/2013
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18
  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Remoteness classification (ASGC-RA) N
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Superseded 21/11/2013
  • Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013
Remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N
  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
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