Urban Centre

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	UC
METEOR identifier:	467399
Registration status:	Commonwealth Department of Health, Qualified 23/09/2015 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019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:	A population cluster of 1,000 or more people.
Context:	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:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	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Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Urban Centre and Locality Health, Standard 06/09/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Admitted patient care remoteness classification (ASGC-RA) N Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Indigenous community housing DSS 2013-18 Housing assistance,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2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Locality Commonwealth Department of Health, Qualified 23/09/2015 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Locality Commonwealth Department of Health, Qualified 23/09/2015 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Medical indemnity NBPDS 2014- Health, Standard 21/11/2013 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Remoteness classification (ASGC-RA) N Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 Remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N Health, Superseded 06/09/2018