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Australian state/territory code N

Value Domain Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termValue Domain
METEOR identifier:Help on this term718228
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022
  • Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021
  • Health, Standard 20/11/2019
  • Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Definition:Help on this term

The code set representing Australian states and territories.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1New South Wales
2Victoria
3Queensland
4South Australia
5Western Australia
6Tasmania
7Northern Territory
8Australian Capital Territory
9Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:Help on this term

ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2016. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Cat No. 1270.0. ABS, Canberra. Viewed 19 July 2019, https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/
1270.0.55.001Main+Features10018July%202016?OpenDocument

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Australian state/territory code N
  • Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 03/08/2005
  • Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
  • Health, Superseded 20/11/2019
  • Homelessness, Standard 01/05/2013
  • Housing assistance, Standard 03/08/2005
  • Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021
  • Youth Justice, Qualified 22/12/2022
See also ACT-prioritised Australian state/territory code AA[A]
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015
See also ACT-prioritised Australian state/territory code N
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
Data elements implementing this value domain:Help on this term
Address—Australian state/territory identifier, code N
  • Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022
Birth event—state/territory of birth, code N
  • Health, Standard 20/11/2019
Death—state/territory of registration, code N
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 01/02/2023
Establishment—Australian state/territory identifier, code N
  • Health, Standard 18/12/2019
Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N
  • Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021
  • Health, Standard 16/01/2020
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Service provider organisation—Australian state/territory identifier, code N
  • Health, Standard 16/01/2020
  • Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021
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