Remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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Synonymous names: | Remoteness area; Remoteness structure |
METEOR identifier: | 697105 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 06/09/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Indigenous, Standard 07/04/2024 |
Definition: | Australian Statistical Geography Standard—Remoteness Area (ASGS-RA) is a geographical classification which defines locations in terms of relative remoteness, i.e. the road distance of a location from the nearest Urban Centre and Locality. |
Context: | Geographic remoteness is essentially a measure of a location's level of access to services. Larger population centres tend to have a greater level of service provision than small centres. Typically, a population centre is not likely to provide a full range of services until its population reaches around 250,000 people. Information in relation to the definition and calculation of remoteness is available from the Geography portal on the ABS website. Information in relation to how ARIA+ scores are calculated for populated localities is available from the Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research website. |
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Major cities of Australia |
2 | Inner regional Australia | |
3 | Outer regional Australia | |
4 | Remote Australia | |
5 | Very remote Australia | |
6 | Migratory | |
Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2013. - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure, July 2011. ABS cat. no. 1270.055.005. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 15 July 2013, |
Reference documents: | Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research 2018. ARIA. Viewed 1 May 2018, Australian Bureau of Statistics 2018. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure, July 2016. ABS cat. no. 1270.055.005. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 30 April 2018, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/1270.0.55.005 |
Revision status: | The 2016 ASGS is the second edition of the ASGS, which updates the first edition (introduced in 2011) for growth and change in Australia's population, economy and infrastructure. It also incorporates the Territory of Norfolk Island for the first time. |