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Urban Centre

Glossary Item Attributes

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Health, Superseded 06/09/2018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 the 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 term
Australian 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Has been superseded by Urban Centre and Locality

        Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023

        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        Health, Superseded 11/04/2014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 2014-

        Housing assistance, Recorded 12/05/2016

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        Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

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        Health, Superseded 06/09/2018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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