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Dwelling file cluster (Mainstream community housing)

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term605342
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
DSS type:Help on this termData Element Cluster
Scope:Help on this term

The Dwelling file cluster (Mainstream community housing) defines information about dwellings provided for low to moderate income or special needs households. These dwellings are managed by community-based organisations that have received capital or recurrent subsidy from government. Community housing models vary across jurisdictions, and the housing stock may be owned by a variety of groups including government.

Collection and usage attributes

Statistical unit:Help on this term

Dwelling, Tenancy rental unit and Household.

Collection methods:Help on this term

Data is collected via a survey of community housing providers and forwarded to state or territory housing authorities.

State and territory housing authorities provide the data to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for national collation on an annual basis.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Dwelling file cluster (Mainstream community housing)
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Mainstream community housing DSS 2013-18
Housing assistance, Superseded 10/05/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Mainstream community housing DSS 2014-
Housing assistance, Recorded 12/05/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014


Metadata items in this Data Set SpecificationHelp on this term

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-Community housing dwelling address details cluster

DSS specific information:

The data elements in this cluster provide a detailed description of the individual components used to create a dwelling address as described by AS4590.

The collection records address information in an alternative manner, as follows:

  • Dwelling address (concatenated number and street name) - 40 character alphanumeric field
  • Dwelling suburb -15 character alphanumeric
  • Postcode - 4 character numeric and unknown postcodes are recorded as "U".
Mandatory1
-Dwelling—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

DSS specific information:

This DSS uses abbreviated state and territory names (e.g. NSW, Vic etc.), rather than code values. It does not collect Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)'.

Mandatory1
-Dwelling—boarding house accommodation type, code N

Conditional obligation:

Conditional upon 'boarding/rooming house ' being selected in the Dwelling—structure type,code N[N} data element. It is not relevant to the rest of the codeset.

DSS specific information:

This item is collected with the alternate values Code 1 = Boarding house room, Code 2 = Boarding house unit, and U = unknown. Unknown values should be mapped to Code 9 = Not stated/inadequately described. Field is left blank for dwellings other than 'Boarding/rooming house'.

Conditional1
-Dwelling—housing program type, community housing code N[N]

DSS specific information:

This collection uses alternative codes: Other = "9" and Unknown = "U". These values should be mapped to '88' and "99" respectively.

Mandatory1
-Dwelling—number of bedrooms, total N[NN]

DSS specific information:

Code "U" = Unknown should be mapped to Code "999" = Not stated/inadequately described.

Mandatory1
-Dwelling—number of tenancies at full capacity, N[NN]

DSS specific information:

Code "U" = Unknown should be mapped to Code "999" = Not stated/inadequately described.

Mandatory1
-Dwelling—number of tenancies, N[NN]

DSS specific information:

This refers to the number of tenancies as at 30 June of the collection year. Code "U" = Unknown should be mapped to Code "999" = Not stated/inadequately described.

Mandatory1
-Dwelling—number of tenantable vacancies, N[NN]

DSS specific information:

This refers to the number of tentantable vacancies as at 30 June of the collection year. Code "U" = Unknown should be mapped to Code "999" = Not stated/inadequately described.

Mandatory1
-Dwelling—number of untenantable vacancies, N[NN]

DSS specific information:

This refers to the number of untentantable vacancies as at 30 June of the collection year. Code "U" = Unknown should be mapped to Code "999" = Not stated/inadequately described.

Mandatory1
-Dwelling—structure type, code N[N]

DSS specific information:

Values 1, 2, 3, 8  and 9 are applicable to the Community Housing collection. Unknown values are recorded as "U", and should be mapped to "99 = Not stated/inadequately described".

Mandatory1
-Service provider organisation—dwelling identifier, X[X(14)]Mandatory1
-Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, X[X(14)]Mandatory1
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