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Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termStatistical area level 2 (SA2)
Synonymous names:Help on this termSA2
METEOR identifier:Help on this term659774
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Definition:Help on this term

A designated region with a pre-determined population describing location which represents medium-sized general purpose area aggregated from whole Statistical areas level 1, as represented by a code.

Context:Help on this term

The purpose of a Statistical area level 2 (SA2) is to represent a community that interacts together socially and economically.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termAddress—statistical area

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termN(9)
Maximum character length:Help on this term9

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

SA2 coding structure:

An SA2 is identifiable by a 9-digit fully hierarchical code. The SA2 identifier is a 4-digit code, assigned in alphabetical order within a Statistical area level 3 (SA3). An SA2 code is only unique within a state/territory if it is preceded by the state/territory identifier.

For example:

State/territorySA4SA3SA2
NNNNNNNNN
Comments:Help on this term

There are 2,310 SA2 regions covering the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. These include 18 non-spatial SA2 special purpose codes, comprising Migratory–Offshore–Shipping and No Usual Address codes for each State and Territory.

The Other Territories of Jervis Bay, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Norfolk Island are each represented by a SA2 in the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas July 2016. ABS cat. no. 1270.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 2016 Census of Population and Housing will be available at SA2 level. The SA2 is the smallest area for the release of ABS non-Census and Intercensal statistics, including the Estimated Resident Population and Health & Vitals data. Whole SA2s aggregate to form Statistical areas level 3 (SA3). SA2s are also used to approximate Significant Urban Areas and Tourism Regions in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Non-ABS Structures.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas July 2016. ABS cat. no. 1270.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes 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
Has been superseded by Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS Edition 3) N(9)
  • Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
See also Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile - Tasmanian variation) {NNNN}
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016
See also 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—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN
  • 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
See also Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)]
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Early Childhood, Standard 09/03/2012
  • Health, Standard 07/12/2011
  • Homelessness, Standard 01/05/2013
  • Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013
  • Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
See also Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(49)]
  • WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2018-19
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
DSS specific attributes +
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 site from which a drug treatment service is delivered. For agencies with more than one location, the data element relates to the service delivery outlet.


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 20/02/2020
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2019
Implementation end date: 30/06/2020
DSS specific information:

For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, this data element relates to the site from which a drug treatment service is delivered. For agencies with more than one location, the data element relates to the service delivery outlet.


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2020
Implementation end date: 30/06/2021
DSS specific information:

For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, this data element relates to the site from which a drug treatment service is delivered. For agencies with more than one location, the data element relates to the service delivery outlet.


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2021
Implementation end date: 30/06/2022
DSS specific information:

For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, this data element relates to the site from which a drug treatment service is delivered. For agencies with more than one location, the data element relates to the service delivery outlet.


Care coordination mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Counselling—face-to-face mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Education, employment and training mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Family and carer support mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Group support activities mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Individual advocacy mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

The Statistical area level 2 (SA2) of the child's living arrangement. Record 99 for 'not stated/inadequately described'.


Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

The Statistical area level 2 (SA2) of the child's living arrangement. Record 99 for 'not stated/inadequately described'.


Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

The Statistical area level 2 (SA2) of the child's living arrangement. Record 99 for 'not stated/inadequately described'.


Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2020
Implementation end date: 30/06/2021
Conditional obligation:

This metadata item is only required for the Public Hospital Establishments (PHE) reporting level. It is collected once for each PHE.


Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2021
Implementation end date: 30/06/2022
Conditional obligation:

This metadata item is only required for the Public Hospital Establishments (PHE) reporting level. It is collected once for each PHE.


Mental health establishments NMDS 2017–18
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2017
Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

Mental health establishments NMDS 2018–19
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2018
Implementation end date: 30/06/2019

Mental health establishments NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2019
Implementation end date: 30/06/2020

Mental health establishments NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 20/01/2021
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2020
Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Mental health establishments NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2021
Implementation end date: 30/06/2022

Mental health organisation details cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

The SA2 code reported in the Mental health organisation details cluster should represent the primary address for the organisation.


Mental health promotion mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Mental health seclusion and restraint NBEDS 2015-
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Mental illness prevention mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

The Statistical Area level 2 (SA2) of the child's usual place of residence at the time of the notification. Record 99 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'.


Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster
Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

The Statistical Area level 2 (SA2) of the child's usual place of residence at the time of the notification. Record 99 for 'Not stated/inadequately described'.


Personalised support—linked to housing mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

This refers to the geographical location of the service delivery outlet rather than where the service is provided.

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type. The location of each service delivery outlet should be reported.

 


Personalised support—other mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Public hospital establishments data element cluster
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2017
DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of each hospital establishment.


Public hospital establishments data element cluster
Health, Superseded 17/10/2018
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2018
DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of each hospital establishment.


Public hospital establishments data element cluster
Health, Retired 09/12/2022
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2019
DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of each hospital establishment.


Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2015-2018
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2018
DSS specific information:

In the Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS, this data element describes the geographic code that indicates the service provider organisation's geographic location.

In the Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS, the Classification scheme for this data element did not come into effect until the 2016-17 collection year. Prior to this the Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011 was used.


Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2018-
Health, Standard 25/01/2018
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2018
DSS specific information:

In the Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS, this data element describes the geographic code that indicates the service provider organisation's geographic location.


Sector development and representation mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Service integration infrastructure mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


Staffed residential services mental health service type cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Multiple SA2 codes are available to enable the recording of more than one geographical site of operation of the mental health service type.


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