Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Australian postcode |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 611398 |
Registration status:![]() | Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Disability, Standard 15/12/2017 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Indigenous, Standard 27/02/2018 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 |
Definition:![]() | The Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Address—Australian postcode |
Value Domain:![]() | Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) NNNN |
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Classification scheme: | Postcode datafile | |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | |
Data type:![]() | String | |
Format:![]() | NNNN | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 4 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Supplementary values:![]() | 0097 | Not applicable |
0098 | Unknown | |
0099 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | Australian postal addresses should include a valid postcode. Refer to the Australia Post Address Presentation Standard for rules on presentation and positioning of postcodes on mail. For a full list of Australian postcodes visit the Australia Post website: www.auspost.com.au This data element may be used in the analysis of data on a geographical basis which involves coding data containing an address with a postcode to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) areas. The ABS provides a number of coding indexes and correspondences to undertake this conversion from postcode to ASGS areas. (See the correspondences section of ABS geography portal www.abs.gov.au/geography). A more accurate way to convert address data to ASGS geography is to use the locality to SA2 coding index, available from ABS, where the locality, postcode and state, (which are all part of an address), used in conjunction can effectively code data to the SA2 level and above in the ASGS. Note that it is not possible to code to SA1 level using these correspondences or indexes. This data element is one of a number of items that can be used to create a primary address, as recommended by the AS 4590-2006 Interchange of client information standard. Components of the primary address are:
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin:![]() | Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 See also Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9) Children and Families, Superseded 21/01/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/12/2011 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 06/12/2016 See also Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9) Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 See also Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS Edition 3) N(9) Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 Health, Standard 20/10/2021 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Address components cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Address components cluster Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the address being within Australia. Address details cluster Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Admitted patient care NMDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Admitted patient care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Admitted patient care NMDS 2019-20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Admitted patient care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Admitted patient care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Admitted patient care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Admitted patient care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Admitted patient care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 DSS specific information: For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, this data element relates to the usual address of the client. Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 20/02/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 DSS specific information: This data element is collected relating to the client's last known home address at the start of the treatment episode. The postcode provided must match the Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)] or Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS Edition 3) N(9) provided. For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS the following Supplementary codes have been defined: 0055 Overseas Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2023-24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 DSS specific information: This data element is collected relating to the client's last known home address at the start of the treatment episode. The postcode provided must match the Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)] or Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS Edition 3) N(9) provided. For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS the following Supplementary codes have been defined: 0055 Overseas Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2024-25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 DSS specific information: This data element is collected relating to the client's last known home address at the start of the treatment episode. The postcode provided must match the Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)] or Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS Edition 3) N(9) provided. For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS the following Supplementary codes have been defined: 0055 Overseas Allied health admitted patient care NBPDS Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Allied health non-admitted patient emergency department NBPDS Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Allied health non-admitted patient NBPDS Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 17/10/2018 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. The postcode can also be used in association with the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) index (Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia (CD-ROM)) to derive socio-economic disadvantage, which is associated with cardiovascular risk. People from lower socio-economic groups are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than those from higher socio-economic groups. In 1997, people aged 25 - 64 living in the most disadvantaged group of the population died from cardiovascular disease at around twice the rate of those living in the least disadvantaged group (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2001. Heart, stroke and vascular diseases- Australian facts 2001.). This difference in death rates has existed since at least the 1970s. Collection of locality, postcode and state/territory for SEIFA cluster Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Disability Services NMDS 2017–18 Disability, Superseded 05/07/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Conditional obligation: Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N] DSS specific information: In the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), this data element is collected twice. The first occurrence refers to the postcode of the location of the service type outlet address and not the postal address. If the service type outlet is provided in the person’s home, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered, not that of the person. If recreation services are provided in various locations, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered. The second occurrence refers to the postcode of a service user's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average). This is intended to capture the postcode of the 'geographic location' of a person, not their postal address postcode. The service user’s postcode must relate to their selected 'residential setting' (as captured in 'Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N]'). Disability Services NMDS 2018–19 Disability, Standard 05/07/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N] DSS specific information: In the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), this data element is collected twice. The first occurrence refers to the postcode of the location of the service type outlet address and not the postal address. If the service type outlet is provided in the person’s home, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered, not that of the person. If recreation services are provided in various locations, the postcode of the service base from which the provider operates is to be entered. The second occurrence refers to the postcode of a service user's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average). This is intended to capture the postcode of the 'geographic location' of a person, not their postal address postcode. The service user’s postcode must relate to their selected 'residential setting' (as captured in 'Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N]'). Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2018 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 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. Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2018 Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 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. Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2019 Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 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. Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2020 Early Childhood, Superseded 25/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 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. Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2021 Early Childhood, Superseded 05/07/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 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. Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2022 Early Childhood, Superseded 15/08/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 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. Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2023 Early Childhood, Standard 15/08/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 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. Emergency service care NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Emergency service care NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Emergency service care NBEDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 22/10/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Retired 13/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 DSS specific information: In the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS, this data element is reported twice, for:
Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020 Indigenous, Superseded 03/07/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 31/12/2020 DSS specific information: In the ISPHC NBEDS, this data element is reported twice, for:
Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2021 Indigenous, Superseded 12/06/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 31/12/2021 DSS specific information: In the ISPHC NBEDS, this data element is reported twice, for:
Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2022 Indigenous, Standard 27/08/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 31/12/2022 DSS specific information: In the ISPHC NBEDS, this data element is reported twice, for:
Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS June 2021 Indigenous, Superseded 06/11/2022 Implementation start date: 01/01/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 DSS specific information: In the ISPHC NBEDS, this data element is reported twice, for:
Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS June 2022 Indigenous, Superseded 27/08/2023 Implementation start date: 01/01/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 DSS specific information: In the ISPHC NBEDS, this data element is reported twice, for:
Initial Teacher Education (ITE) data cluster Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 DSS specific information: Where no postcode information is available, the coded value will be '0000'. This metadata item is used to collect the following postcode address items from the Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI):
Origin: Australian Government 2021, Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI): First residential address postcode, Canberra. Viewed 10 August 2022. www.tcsisupport.gov.au/element/790
Origin: Australian Government 2021, Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI): Residential address postcode, Canberra. Viewed 10 August 2022. www.tcsisupport.gov.au/element/320
Origin: Australian Government 2021, Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI): Term address postcode, Canberra. Viewed 10 August 2022. www.tcsisupport.gov.au/element/319
Juvenile Justice Order file cluster Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 DSS specific information: This item is collected for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice supervision. Guide for Use A Suburb/Town/Locality may be a town, city, suburb or commonly used location name such as a large agricultural property or Aboriginal community. The name should be spelt correctly and consistently and should not be a youth justice detention facility. Enter ‘UNKNOWN’ where the locality name or geographic area is not known. Enter ‘NO FIXED ADDRESS’ where the young person has no fixed address or is homeless. Suburb/Town/Locality should be sourced from the Australia Post Standard postcode file for the relevant year, available on the Australia Post website. Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 DSS specific information: The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'. For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’. Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 DSS specific information: The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'. For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’. Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 DSS specific information: The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'. For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’. Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 DSS specific information: The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'. For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’. Location Cluster Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 DSS specific information: Refers to the postcode of the recipient. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Retired 19/11/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 DSS specific information: The postcode of the child's usual place of residence at the time of notification. For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’ Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 DSS specific information: The postcode of the child's usual place of residence at the time of notification. For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’ Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 DSS specific information: The postcode of the child's usual place of residence at the time of notification. For children residing outside Australia record 9999 ‘Not stated/inadequately described’ Provider place of practice cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Conditional obligation: To be used if Individual service provider—country of employment in registered profession, Australia/other country code N equals 1. Public dental waiting times NMDS 2018-2022 Health, Superseded 08/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 DSS specific information: In the PDWT NMDS, this data element refers to the postcode of a person's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average). Public dental waiting times NMDS 2022– Health, Standard 08/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 DSS specific information: In the PDWT NMDS, this data element refers to the postcode of a person's usual residence ('usual' means 4 or more days per week on average). Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) (2016 Census, ASGS 2016) cluster Early Childhood, Superseded 15/08/2023 Health, Standard 06/09/2018 Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) (2021 Census, ASGS Edition 3) cluster Early Childhood, Standard 15/08/2023 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients. DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is reported twice, for:
Surveillance of healthcare associated infection: Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection NBPDS Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Teacher Registration data cluster Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 DSS specific information: This item is collected twice — residential address postcode and postal address postcode of a teacher. Youth Justice Detention file cluster Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 DSS specific information: This item is collected twice: once for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice detention and once for the youth detention centre. This item is collected for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice supervision. Guide for Use Use the Australian Post postcode file. Leave the field blank if:
Suburb and postcode information From July 2020, an all-inclusive list of postcodes and suburbs will be used to check postcodes in the YJ NMDS. This list consists of unique postcodes and suburbs across all current and historical versions of postcode data purchased by the AIHW. For the most current list of valid postcodes and suburbs, go to http://www.postconnect.com.au/postcode-data. Youth Justice Order file cluster Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 DSS specific information: This item is collected for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice supervision. Guide for Use Use the Australian Post postcode file. Leave the field blank if:
Suburb and postcode information From July 2020, an all-inclusive list of postcodes and suburbs will be used to check postcodes in the YJ NMDS. This list consists of unique postcodes and suburbs across all current and historical versions of postcode data purchased by the AIHW. For the most current list of valid postcodes and suburbs, go to http://www.postconnect.com.au/postcode-data. Youth Justice Order file cluster Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 DSS specific information: This item is collected for the young person’s last known home address before entering youth justice supervision. Guide for Use Use the Australian Post postcode file. Leave the field blank if:
Postcode should be sourced from the Australia Post Standard postcode file for the relevant year, available on the Australia Post website. |
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Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for cardiac stress tests and imaging per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for myocardial perfusion scans per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for neck ultrasound per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for standard echocardiography per 100,000 population aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for stress echocardiography per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for thyroid function tests per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for thyroid stimulating hormone tests per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for ADHD medicines per 100,000 people, aged 17 years and under, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for amoxicillin per 100,000 people, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for amoxicillin-clavulanate per 100,000 people, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for antibiotic medicines per 100,000 children aged 9 years and under, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for antimicrobials per 100,000 people, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for antipsychotic medicines per 100,000 people, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (i) Age 17 years & under, (ii) Age 18 - 64 years, (iii) Age 65 years & over Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for opioid medicines per 100,000 people, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for proton pump inhibitor medicines per 100,000 people aged (i) 18 years and over, (ii) 1 year and under, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.3a–Cancer screening rates, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program participation rate, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.3a–Cancer screening rates, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program participation rate, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.3a–Cancer screening rates, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program participation rate, 2021 Health, Standard 07/09/2023 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 13–Waiting times for public dentistry, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 13–Waiting times for public dentistry, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 13–Waiting times for public dentistry, 2022 Health, Standard 24/09/2021 Number of MBS-subsidised services for gastroscopy per 100,000 people aged 18-54 years, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Number of MBS-subsidised services for repeat colonoscopy per 100,000 people of all ages, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Number of MBS-subsidised services for repeat gastroscopy per 100,000 people of all ages, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for amoxicillin per 100,000 people, 2017-18 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 22/09/2020 Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for amoxicillin-clavulanate per 100,000 people, 2017-18 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 22/09/2020 Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for antimicrobials per 100,000 people, 2017-18 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 22/09/2020 Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for antipsychotic medicines per 100,000 people, aged 65 years and over, 2016–17 to 2020–21 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 15/09/2022 Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for antipsychotic medicines per 100,000 people, aged 65 years and over, 2016–17 to 2020–21 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 15/09/2022 Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for opioid medicines per 100,000 people, all ages 2016-17 to 2020-21 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 15/09/2022 Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for proton pump inhibitor medicines per 100,000 people aged 75 years and over, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for proton pump inhibitor medicines per 100,000 people aged 75 years and over, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 |