- | Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2015 | 602245 |
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- | Australian postcode (address) | 429894 | Number
[4]
| {NNNN}
The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | DSS specific information: Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting. |
- | Statistical area level 1 (SA1) | 457287 | String
[11]
| N(11)
A code set representing the smallest unit for the release of Census data. | DSS specific information: Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting. |
- | Suburb/town/locality name within address | 429889 | String
[46]
| X[X(45)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting. |
- | Organisation name | 453823 | String
[200]
| X[X(199)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children. The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns. A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used. Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program. The organisation name type data item is not required. |
- | Field of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care | 602566 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Teaching (early childhood related) | 2 | Teaching (primary) | 3 | Teaching (other) | 8 | Other early childhood related | 97 | Not applicable (No qualification/No ECEC related qualification) | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Level of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care | 602568 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Postgraduate degree | 2 | Graduate diploma or graduate certificate level | 3 | Bachelor degree (honours) | 4 | Bachelor degree pass (4 years or equivalent) | 5 | Bachelor degree pass (3 years or equivalent) | 6 | Advanced diploma | 7 | Diploma | 8 | Certificate level 3 or 4 | 9 | Certificate level 1 or 2 | 10 | Other certificate | 97 | Not applicable (no qualification in early education and care related field) | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Role of early childhood education and care worker | 602331 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Principal/director/coordinator/teacher-in-charge | 2 | Group leader/teacher | 3 | Assistant/aide | 4 | Other contact worker | 5 | Non contact worker |
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- | Type of work activity | 602333 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Primary contact | 2 | Other contact | 3 | Management/administration | 4 | Other work | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Age | 303794 | Number
[3]
| | DSS specific information: Age should be collected for children referenced to their age at 1 July in the year of data collection. |
- | Estimated resident population | 388656 | Number
[8]
| N[N(7)] Total number of people. | |
- | Indigenous status | 291036 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: The parent or guardian should be asked to declare the child’s Indigenous status on their behalf. |
- | Address line (service provider organisation) | 290315 | String
[180]
| X[X(179)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered only. |
- | Australian state/territory identifier (service provider organisation) | 289083 | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
| DSS specific information: Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. |
- | Total hours of early childhood education program attended | 602336 | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] Total number of hours. | |
- | Early childhood education program delivered by a qualified teacher indicator | 602338 | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Tuition fee schedule amount (early childhood education and care) | 602341 | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | |
- | Government funding type | 602343 | Number
[1]
| 1 | State or territory government funded only | 2 | Australian government funded only | 3 | Both state or territory and Australian government funded | 4 | Neither state or territory nor Australian government funded | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Management type (early childhood education and care) | 602994 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Private not for profit - community managed | 2 | Private not for profit - other organisations | 3 | State and territory and local government managed | 4 | Private for profit | 5 | State and territory government schools | 6 | Independent schools | 7 | Catholic schools | 8 | Other | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: The legal or social entity responsible for managing the delivery of early childhood education and care services is the entity responsible for the day to day running of early childhood education and care services, including tasks such as the design and the delivery of the early childhood education program, the hiring and firing of staff, the care of the children, etc. |
- | Maximum early childhood education program hours available per week (service provider organisation) | 602347 | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Number of children attending an early childhood education program | 602352 | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of early childhood education program enrolments at the service | 602354 | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of early childhood education program hours enrolled | 602356 | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] Total number of hours. | |
- | Early childhood education program service operation weeks (calendar year) | 602358 | Number
[2]
| 90 | No regular pattern of operation through a year | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Number of Indigenous children attending an early childhood education program | 602250 | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of Indigenous children enrolled in an early childhood education program | 602263 | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] The total number. | |
- | Organisation identifier | 414987 | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: A unique identifier assigned to each service which delivers child care services or early childhood education programs to children. Should be reported for the location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. A discrete identifier should be supplied for each early childhood education program operated as a separate campus or ‘satellite’ of a parent service provider organisation. |
- | Service activity type (early childhood education and care) | 603001 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Long day care | 2 | Occasional care | 3 | Outside school hours care | 4 | Vacation care | 5 | Family day care | 6 | In-home care | 7 | Early childhood education program | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Service delivery setting (early childhood education and care) | 603010 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Centre-based—school | 2 | Centre-based—stand-alone | 3 | Centre-based—other | 4 | Home-based | 5 | General community setting | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2015 | 602247 |
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- | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) (2011 Census, ASGS 2011) cluster | 517903 |
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| DSS specific information: The ECEC collection uses usual residence, in conjunction with the geographically based SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD). For the ECEC URL NMDS 2015 the data element Address—statistical area, level 1 (SA1) code (ASGS 2011) N(11) based on the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian is collected for SEIFA. (Note: Other data elements in the SEIFA cluster are not collected by the ECEC collection for the purposes of SEIFA but may be collected outside of the SEIFA cluster). |
- | Collection of locality, postcode and state/territory for SEIFA cluster | 528146 |
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- | Australian postcode (address) | 429894 | Number
[4]
| {NNNN}
The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | |
- | Australian state/territory identifier of address | 430134 | String
[3]
| NSW | New South Wales | VIC | Victoria | QLD | Queensland | SA | South Australia | WA | Western Australia | TAS | Tasmania | NT | Northern Territory | ACT | Australian Capital Territory | AAT | Australian Antarctic Territory |
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- | Suburb/town/locality name within address | 429889 | String
[46]
| X[X(45)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Statistical area level 1 (SA1) | 457287 | String
[11]
| N(11)
A code set representing the smallest unit for the release of Census data. | |
- | Area of usual residence | 455536 | Number
[5]
| NNNNN The ASGC (2011) code set representing geographical location. | |
- | Area of usual residence (SA1) | 492361 | String
[11]
| N(11)
A code set representing the smallest unit for the release of Census data. | |
- | Area of usual residence (SA2) | 469909 | String
[9]
| N(9) A code set representing a medium-sized area built from whole Statistical areas level 1 (SA1s). The aim of Statistical areas level 2 (SA2s) is to represent a community that interacts together socially and economically. | |
- | Australian postcode (address) | 429894 | Number
[4]
| {NNNN}
The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | DSS specific information: This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service. Child Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box postcode or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian. Early childhood education and care service Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting. |
- | Statistical area level 1 (SA1) | 457287 | String
[11]
| N(11)
A code set representing the smallest unit for the release of Census data. | DSS specific information: This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service. Child Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the Statistical Area Level 1 based on/according to post office box, suburb/town/locality or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian. Early childhood education and care service Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting. |
- | Suburb/town/locality name within address | 429889 | String
[46]
| X[X(45)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service. Child Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the suburb/town/locality name based on a post office box or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian. Early childhood education and care service Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. If the early childhood education program is received in a home-based setting (i.e. via distance education programs such as school of the air or e-Kindy), then the location of the service provider delivering the program should be used as the basis for the address, rather than the home-based setting. |
- | Early childhood program attendance indicator | 602298 | Boolean
[1]
| | DSS specific information: Attendance in an early childhood education program should be reported for the specified reference period. |
- | Early childhood education program enrolment indicator | 602301 | Boolean
[1]
| | DSS specific information: Enrolment in an early childhood education program should be reported for the specified reference period. |
- | Fees charged (early childhood education and care) | 602306 | Currency
[9]
| N[N(8)]
Total number of Australian dollars. | |
- | Early childhood education program hours attended (total) | 602308 | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Early childhood education program hours enrolled (total) | 602310 | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Early childhood education program received from qualified teacher indicator | 602317 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 7 | Not applicable | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Early childhood education program repeater indicator | 602323 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 3 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Maximum early childhood education program hours available (Child) | 602325 | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Organisation name | 453823 | String
[200]
| X[X(199)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children. The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns. A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used. Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program. The organisation name type data item is not required. |
- | Field of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care | 602566 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Teaching (early childhood related) | 2 | Teaching (primary) | 3 | Teaching (other) | 8 | Other early childhood related | 97 | Not applicable (No qualification/No ECEC related qualification) | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Level of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care | 602568 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Postgraduate degree | 2 | Graduate diploma or graduate certificate level | 3 | Bachelor degree (honours) | 4 | Bachelor degree pass (4 years or equivalent) | 5 | Bachelor degree pass (3 years or equivalent) | 6 | Advanced diploma | 7 | Diploma | 8 | Certificate level 3 or 4 | 9 | Certificate level 1 or 2 | 10 | Other certificate | 97 | Not applicable (no qualification in early education and care related field) | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Role of early childhood education and care worker | 602331 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Principal/director/coordinator/teacher-in-charge | 2 | Group leader/teacher | 3 | Assistant/aide | 4 | Other contact worker | 5 | Non contact worker |
| |
- | Type of work activity | 602333 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Primary contact | 2 | Other contact | 3 | Management/administration | 4 | Other work | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Australian state/territory identifier (person) | 286919 | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
| DSS specific information: Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian. |
- | Date of birth | 287007 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: Should be reported for the child. For components of the Date of birth which are unknown, 00 should be recorded, for example if a child was born in July 2007 but the day of birth is unknown record 00072007. |
- | Estimated resident population | 388656 | Number
[8]
| N[N(7)] Total number of people. | |
- | Indigenous status | 291036 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: The parent or guardian should be asked to declare the child’s Indigenous status on their behalf. |
- | Letters of family name | 349481 | String
[3]
| XXX A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: Should be reported for the child only. |
- | Letters of given name | 349483 | String
[2]
| XX A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: Should be reported for the child only. |
- | Sex | 287316 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Intersex or indeterminate | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: Should be reported for the child only. |
- | Statistical linkage key 581 | 349895 | String
[14]
| XXXXXDDMMYYYYN
A combination of the second, third and fifth alphanumeric characters of a person's family name, the second and third alphanumeric characters of a person's given name, a date in the format DDMMYYYY and a single digit number representing the sex of a person. | DSS specific information: This is the statistical linkage key of the child. |
- | Address line (service provider organisation) | 290315 | String
[180]
| X[X(179)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered only. |
- | Early childhood education program delivered by a qualified teacher indicator | 602338 | Boolean
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Government funding type | 602343 | Number
[1]
| 1 | State or territory government funded only | 2 | Australian government funded only | 3 | Both state or territory and Australian government funded | 4 | Neither state or territory nor Australian government funded | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Management type (early childhood education and care) | 602994 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Private not for profit - community managed | 2 | Private not for profit - other organisations | 3 | State and territory and local government managed | 4 | Private for profit | 5 | State and territory government schools | 6 | Independent schools | 7 | Catholic schools | 8 | Other | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: The legal or social entity responsible for managing the delivery of early childhood education and care services is the entity responsible for the day to day running of early childhood education and care services, including tasks such as the design and the delivery of the early childhood education program, the hiring and firing of staff, the care of the children, etc. |
- | Early childhood education program service operation weeks (calendar year) | 602358 | Number
[2]
| 90 | No regular pattern of operation through a year | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Organisation identifier | 414987 | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: A unique identifier assigned to each service which delivers child care services or early childhood education programs to children. Should be reported for the location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. A discrete identifier should be supplied for each early childhood education program operated as a separate campus or ‘satellite’ of a parent service provider organisation. |
- | Service activity type (early childhood education and care) | 603001 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Long day care | 2 | Occasional care | 3 | Outside school hours care | 4 | Vacation care | 5 | Family day care | 6 | In-home care | 7 | Early childhood education program | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Service delivery setting (early childhood education and care) | 603010 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Centre-based—school | 2 | Centre-based—stand-alone | 3 | Centre-based—other | 4 | Home-based | 5 | General community setting | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Hours worked in early childhood education program delivery (per week) | 602277 | String
[3]
| 999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: This item is reported for the worker. This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report the number of hours worked in early childhood education program delivery to provide this information voluntarily. |
- | Person identifier | 290046 | String
[20]
| XXXXXX[X(14)]
A logical combination of valid alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This identifier is reported for the worker. This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report an identifier for workers (but not a Statistical Linkage Key for workers) to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers. |
- | Statistical linkage key 581 | 349895 | String
[14]
| XXXXXDDMMYYYYN
A combination of the second, third and fifth alphanumeric characters of a person's family name, the second and third alphanumeric characters of a person's given name, a date in the format DDMMYYYY and a single digit number representing the sex of a person. | DSS specific information: This is the statistical linkage key of the worker. This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers. |