Statistical area level 3 (SA3) code (ASGS 2011) NNNNN
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 455824 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Definition: | A code set representing a standardised regional breakup of Australia. The aim of Statistical areas level 3 (SA3s) is to create a standard framework for the analysis of ABS data at the regional level through clustering groups of Statistical areas level 2 (SA2s) that have similar regional characteristics. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | NNNNN | |
Maximum character length: | 5 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | 1270.0.55.001 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011 http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/ 1270.0.55.001July%202011?OpenDocument |
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Classification scheme attributes | |
Classification scheme: | Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011 |
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METEOR identifier: | 437772 |
Definition: | The Australian Bureau of Statistics framework for statistical geography. The main purpose of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) is the dissemination of geographically classified statistics. It provides a common framework of statistical geography which enables the publication of statistics that are comparable and spatially integrated. |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/12/2011 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Commonwealth Department of Health , Standard 16/10/2015 Health!, Superseded 06/12/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 27/06/2017 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 |
Context: | From July 2011, the ABS will progressively replace the current Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) with the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) as its geographical framework. |
Classification structure: | The ASGS classification structures are split into two broads groups, the ABS Structures and the Non-ABS Structures. The ABS Structures are hierarchies of regions defined and maintained by the ABS. The regions that comprise the ABS Structures will remain unchanged until the next Census of Population and Housing in 2016. The ABS Structures are built directly from mesh blocks. Non-ABS Structures are approximated by mesh blocks, the Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s), or the Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s). The ABS Structures comprise six interrelated hierarchies of regions. They are:
The Non-ABS Structures comprise eight hierarchies of regions which are not defined or maintained by the ABS, but for which the ABS is committed to providing a range of statistics. They generally represent administrative regions and are approximated by mesh blocks, SA1s or SA2s. They are:
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011. 1270.0.55.001 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011 http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/ Canberra: ABS. Viewed on 15/07/2011. |