Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9)

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Area of usual residence (SA2)
METEOR identifier:	469909
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 06/12/2016 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 27/06/2017 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Definition:	The geographical region in which a person or group of people usually reside, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—area of usual residence

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:

Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

N(9)

Maximum character length:

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

SA2 coding structure:

An SA2 is identifiable by a 9-digit fully hierarchical code. The SA2 identifier is a 4-digit code, assigned in alphabetical order within an SA3. An SA2 code is only unique within a state/territory if it is preceded by the state/territory identifier.

For example:

State/territory	SA4	SA3	SA2
N	NN	NN	NNNN

Comments:

There are 2,196 SA2 spatial units. In aggregate, they cover the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. Jervis Bay Territory, the Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Territory of Christmas Island are each represented by an SA2.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:

1270.0.55.001 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011 http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/
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Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

The geographical location is reported using a nine digit numerical code to indicate the Statistical Area (SA) within the reporting state or territory, as defined in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) (Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), catalogue number 1270.0.55.001).

Collection methods:

When collecting the geographical location of a person's usual place of residence, the ABS recommends that 'usual' be defined as: 'the place where the person has or intends to live for 6 months or more, or the place that the person regards as their main residence, or where the person has no other residence, the place they currently reside.' Apart from collecting a person's usual place of residence there is also a need in some collections to collect area of residence immediately prior to or after assistance is provided, or at some other point in time.

Comments:

Geographical location is reported using Statistical Area to enable accurate aggregation of information to larger areas within the ASGS as well as detailed analysis at the SA2 level. The use of SA2 also allows analysis relating the data to information compiled by the ABS on the demographic and other characteristics of the population of each SA2. Analyses facilitated by the inclusion of SA2 information include:

comparison of the use of services by persons residing in different geographical areas;
characterisation of catchment areas and populations for establishments for planning purposes; and
documentation of the provision of services to residents of states or territories other than the state or territory of the provider.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Activity based funding: Non-admitted patient care DSS 2013-2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Admitted patient care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Admitted patient care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Admitted patient care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 10/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Admitted patient care NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 15/10/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 04/02/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 15/10/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 04/02/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Community mental health care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Community mental health care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Community mental health care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Community mental health care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Community mental health care NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017

Disability services carer details cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

Disability services client details cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

Emergency department care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient activity based funding DSS 2012-2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 30/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient DSS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient DSS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Non-admitted patient DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Non-admitted patient DSS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 04/02/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 02/12/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017

Perinatal NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013 *DSS specific information:* This item is collected for the mother only.

Perinatal NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014 *DSS specific information:* This item is collected for the mother only.

Public dental waiting times DSS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 09/11/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Radiotherapy waiting times DSS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 13/11/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Radiotherapy waiting times DSS 2013-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Residential mental health care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 06/09/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Residential mental health care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Residential mental health care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Residential mental health care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Residential mental health care NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) (2011 Census, ASGS 2011) cluster Community Services (retired), Not progressed 23/01/2018
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/07/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017

WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2013-14 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has: Synonymous name: PER_RESIDENTIAL_SA2_CODE Short name: Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2).

WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2014-15 WA Health, Standard 24/04/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has: Synonymous name: PER_RESIDENTIAL_SA2_CODE Short name: Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2).

WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2016-17 WA Health, Standard 30/05/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has: Synonymous name: PER_RESIDENTIAL_SA2_CODE Short name: Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2). The synonymous name AREA_OF_USUAL_RESIDENCE_SA2 is used for national reporting.

Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9)

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Relational attributes

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