Locality
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| METEOR identifier: | 467428 |
| Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Qualified 23/09/2015 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 |
| Definition: | A population cluster of between 200 and 999 people. |
| Context: | Localities, together with Urban Centres, 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). An Urban Centre is a population cluster of more than 1,000 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 |
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| 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| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Urban Centre and Locality Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 06/09/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Urban Centre Commonwealth Department of Health, Qualified 23/09/2015 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 |