Dwelling—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Dwelling Australian state/territory identifier
METEOR identifier:	669387
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:	The Australian state or territory where a dwelling can be located, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Dwelling—Australian state/territory identifier

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
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)

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

The order presented here is the standard for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Other organisations (including the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) publish data in state order based on population (that is, Western Australia before South Australia and Australian Capital Territory before Northern Territory).

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:

Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). Cat No. 1216.0. Canberra: ABS.

Data element attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

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Dwelling—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Data element attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

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