Person—geographic remoteness, classification (ASGS-RA) N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Geographic remoteness |
| Synonymous names: | Geographic remoteness of person |
| METEOR identifier: | 569240 |
| Registration status: | Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 |
| Definition: | The remoteness of a location at which a person lives, based on the physical road distance to the nearest urban centre and its population size, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—geographic remoteness |
| Value Domain: | Remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Classification scheme: | Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011 | |
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| Representation class: | Code | |
| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Major cities of Australia |
| 2 | Inner regional Australia | |
| 3 | Outer regional Australia | |
| 4 | Remote Australia | |
| 5 | Very remote Australia | |
| 6 | Migratory | |
| Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Major cities of Australia 'Major cities of Australia' includes Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1s) with an average Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+) index value of 0 to 0.2. CODE 2 Inner regional Australia 'Inner regional Australia' includes SA1s with an average ARIA+ index value greater than 0.2 and less than or equal to 2.4. CODE 3 Outer regional Australia 'Outer regional Australia' includes SA1s with an average ARIA+ index value greater than 2.4 and less than or equal to 5.92. CODE 4 Remote Australia 'Remote Australia' includes SA1s with an average ARIA+ index value greater than 5.92 and less than or equal to 10.53. CODE 5 Very remote Australia 'Very remote Australia' includes SA1s with an average ARIA+ index value greater than 10.53. CODE 6 Migratory 'Migratory' is composed of off-shore, shipping and migratory SA1s. |
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| Collection methods: | In this value domain, physical distance is defined in terms of ARIA+ codes, rather than a simple linear distance between points. The list of permissible values for this value domain, i.e. codes 1 to 6, is intended to be directly mappable to the values used by the ABS to describe remoteness areas, i.e. codes 0 to 5. |
| Comments: | In its initial form, as developed by the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Centres (now located within the Australian Population and Migration Research Centre) and the then Department of Health and Aged Care in 1999, ARIA scores ranged from 0 to 12 and were based on proximity to 4 points of reference. A new version, ARIA+, was introduced in 2003, with ARIA+ scores now based on proximity to 5 points of reference. Also, changes were made to account for Tasmania's unique status as an island state, and to increase accuracy for locations at the urban fringe. Prior to 2011, ARIA+ scores were calculated for individual Census Collection Districts (CCDs). Following the phasing out of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) and the introduction of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) by the ABS in 2011, ARIA+ scores are now calculated for individual Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1s). |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | Publications detailing the ASGS remoteness classification are available free of charge from the ABS website: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2013. 1270.055.005 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure, July 2011. Viewed 15 July 2013, |
| Reference documents: | Information relating to the development of the ARIA and ARIA+ scores by the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GISCA) is available from the APMRC website: Australian Population and Migration Research Centre (APMRC) 2013. ARIA (Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia). Viewed 15 July 2013, |