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

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termArea of usual residence (SA2)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term469909
Registration status:Help on this term
  • 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  • Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 06/12/2016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  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 27/06/2017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:Help on this term

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:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termN(9)
Maximum character length:Help on this term9

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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/territorySA4SA3SA2
NNNNNNNNN
Comments:Help on this termThere 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:Help on this term1270.0.55.001 - 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/
1270.0.55.001July%202011?OpenDocument

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

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:Help on this term
Supersedes Person—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2010) NNNNN
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Health, Superseded 22/11/2011
Has been superseded by Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014Independent 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 2013-2014Independent 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 2012-13Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

The following codes should be assigned as the admitted patient's area of usual residence in the following specialised situations:

  • Overseas resident: 099999299
  • No fixed abode: state/territory identifier + 99999499
    • Where the state/territory of the admitted patient's usual residence is not known, assign '0' as the state/territory identifier
  • Migratory - Offshore - Shipping: state/territory identifier + 97979799
  • Unknown SA2: state/territory identifier + 99999999
    • Where the state/territory of the admitted patient's usual residence is not known, assign a blank space as the state/territory identifier

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2012-13Health, 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 2013-14Health, 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 2014-15Health, 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 2015-16Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


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

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

Emergency department care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013Independent 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 2012-2013Independent 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 2012-13Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


Non-admitted patient DSS 2015-16Health, 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 2014-15Health, 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 2015-16Health, 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 2016-17Health, 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 2012-13Health, 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 2013-14Health, 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 2014-15Health, 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 2015-16Health, 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 2016-17Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


Perinatal NMDS 2012-13Health, 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 2013-14Health, 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 2012-13Health, Superseded 09/11/2012

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


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

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


Residential mental health care NMDS 2016-17Health, 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 - 2016Tasmanian 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) 2013-14WA 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) 2014-15WA 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) 2016-17WA 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.


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