Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Dwelling utility status (sewerage system) |
METEOR identifier: | 295000 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Retired 01/05/2013 |
Definition: | Whether the dwelling is connected to an organised sewerage system. |
Data Element Concept: | Dwelling—utility status (sewerage system) |
Value Domain: | Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use in primary data collections. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Include: dwellings connected to a town system, community water-borne system, septic tanks, pit or pan toilets, other organised system such as chemical or biological systems. Code 1 Yes: Record if the dwelling is connected to a sewerage system. Town system: a water-borne system (i.e. a water carrying system) servicing a town, with a typical domestic cistern, where water is used to flush and transport wastes away from the dwelling for treatment and disposal. Community water-borne system: a water borne system with a typical domestic cistern, where water is used to flush and transport wastes for nearby treatment and disposal. This is a complete system only serving a community, and is not connected to any other town or community. Septic tank with common effluent disposal: a water-borne system in which individual dwellings have a septic tank for initial treatment of the sewerage, and where water from the septic tanks is piped to a common effluent pond for final treatment and disposal. The septic tanks in this system do not have a leach drain. Septic tank with leach drain: a water-borne system in which individual houses have a septic tank connected to a leach drain for local disposal of waste water adjacent to each dwelling. This also includes cases where two dwellings may be connected to the one septic tank and/or leach drain. Pit toilet: a dry toilet comprising of a single hole in the ground. No water is used for disposal of the human waste. There are several types including the simple shallow drop-hole toilet, the deeper bore-hole toilet, and the shallow vented improved pit latrine. Pan toilet: a dry toilet. Human waste is collected in pans and these pans are collected and transported away from the community for disposal at another site. |
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Comments: | This item is included in the following housing assistance data collections: National Reporting Framework for Indigenous housing |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Housing Data Development Committee |
Reference documents: | Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey (CHINS) Australia, 2001 Data Dictionary |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Dwelling—permanency status Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Dwelling—permanency status Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 See also Dwelling—utility status (electricity supply), code N Housing assistance, Retired 01/05/2013 See also Dwelling—utility status (water supply), code N Housing assistance, Retired 01/05/2013 |