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Data Element Detail

Suburb/town/locality name
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040859 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Mar-2005		Superseded
19-Oct-2008
Standard
01-Mar-2005
19-Oct-2008
The full name of the general locality containing the specific address of a person.
Locality name
Representational Attributes
Alphabetic
Text
X[X(49)]
1
50
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Text
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
The suburb/town/locality name may be a town, city, suburb or commonly used location name such as a large agricultural property or Aboriginal community.

This metadata item may be used to describe the location of person. It can be a component of a street or postal address.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has suggested that a maximum field length of 50 characters should be sufficient to record the vast majority of locality names.
Suburb/Town/Locality may be a town, city, suburb or commonly used location name such as a large agricultural property or Aboriginal community.

Enter 'Unknown' when the locality name or geographic area for a person or event is not known.

Enter 'No fixed address' when a person has no fixed address or is homeless.
In conjunction with the data element Postcode-Australian, the data element Suburb/town/locality name is included as an alternative means of reporting information about the geographic location of the residence of a client, or an agency/establishment or where an event occurred. The preferred standard for reporting this information is by using a statistical local area (SLA) in conjunction with a State/Territory code. However, as some agencies may have difficulty allocating SLA codes to the residential locations of their clients without more computerised assistance than is currently available to them, agencies may be given the option of reporting this information by using Postcode-Australian plus Suburb/town/locality name. Suburb/town/locality name may also be a component of a postal address.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementData ElementPostal delivery point identifierQH 040823 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementAustralian state/territory IdentifierQH 040394 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementPostal delivery service numberQH 040822 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementPostal delivery service type abbreviationQH 040824 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementPostcode-AustralianQH 040395 Version 2Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionElective Surgery Data Collection (ESDC)QH 020110 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jun-199630-Jun-2009
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jan-200330-Jun-2009
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Person (address)-suburb/town/locality name, text A[A(49)], Identifier 287326, Health standard 04/05/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/287326/meteorItemView/long
Locality; Suburb;