Address—Australian state/territory identifier, code AA[A]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Australian state/territory identifier of address
Synonymous names:	State/territory code
METEOR identifier:	722751
Registration status:	Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021
Definition:	An identifier of the state or territory of an address, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Address—Australian state/territory identifier

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

AA[A]

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
NSW	New South Wales
VIC	Victoria
QLD	Queensland
SA	South Australia
WA	Western Australia
TAS	Tasmania
NT	Northern Territory
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
AAT	Australian Antarctic Territory

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

These Australian state/territory codes are used for addressing purposes only. The codes are listed in the order commonly used for statistical reporting by ABS and used in the National Standard for Australian state/territory identifier.

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.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

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:

Address site (or Primary complex) name
Address number or number range
Road name (name/type/suffix)
Locality
State/Territory
Postcode (optional)
Country (if applicable).

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:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Address details cluster Health, Standard 18/12/2019

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Retired 13/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*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: the service's physical address the service's postal address.

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*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: the organisation's physical address the organisation's postal address.

Address—Australian state/territory identifier, code AA[A]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

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