Household—assessable weekly income, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Assessable weekly income
METEOR identifier:	595877
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:	The value of income per week from all sources as specified and used by the agency to establish eligibility of a household for receipt of service, expressed as dollars and cents.
Data Element Concept:	Household—assessable weekly income

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Total
Data type:	Currency
Format:	N[NNNNN].NN
Maximum character length:	8
Unit of measure:	Australian currency (AU$)
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	This value domain must be expressed to two decimal places. Where there is a dollar value and no cent value, the cents must be expressed as .00 (e.g. 100.00).
Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	The main components of assessable income are: current usual wages and salary income derived from self-employment government pensions, benefits and allowances other income comprising investments (including interest, dividends, royalties and rent) and other regular income (including superannuation, private scholarships received in cash, workers' compensation, accident compensation, maintenance or alimony, and any other allowances regularly received).
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Household—assessable income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Household—principal source of cash income, (housing assistance) code N[.N.N] Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Household—principal source of cash income, housing assistance code N[.N.N] Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Community Housing DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 DSS specific information: Record assessable weekly income for the week of 30 June. Assessable income includes income from all sources (excluding Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA)) as specified and used by the agency to establish eligibility of a household for receipt of housing assistance. Record unknown values as ‘U’. Household (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The assessable weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Assessable income is also used to calculate the rental housing rebate, which allows the household to pay a rent lower than the market rent. Each state and territory uses its own definition of 'assessable income'. Household (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The assessable weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Assessable income is also used to calculate the rental housing rebate, which allows the household to pay a rent lower than the market rent. Each state and territory uses its own definition of 'assessable income'. Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 DSS specific information: Assessable weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Assessable income is also used to calculate the rental housing rebate, which allows the household to pay a rent lower than the market rent. Each state and territory uses its own definition of ‘assessable income’. Tenancy/vacancy cluster (Mainstream community housing) Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Assessable weekly income was collected for the week of 30 June. Assessable income includes income from all sources (excluding Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA)) as specified and used by the agency to establish eligibility of a household for receipt of housing assistance. Unknown values are recorded as "U".