- | Australian postcode (address) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is used to collect the dwelling postcode. |
- | Suburb/town/locality name within address | String
[46]
| X[X(45)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is used to collect the dwelling suburb. |
- | Date accuracy indicator | String
[3]
| AAA | Day, month and year are accurate | AAE | Day and month are accurate, year is estimated | AAU | Day and month are accurate, year is unknown | AEA | Day is accurate, month is estimated, year is accurate | AEE | Day is accurate, month and year are estimated | AEU | Day is accurate, month is estimated, year is unknown | AUA | Day is accurate, month is unknown, year is accurate | AUE | Day is accurate, month is unknown, year is estimated | AUU | Day is accurate, month and year are unknown | EAA | Day is estimated, month and year are accurate | EAE | Day is estimated, month is accurate, year is estimated | EAU | Day is estimated, month is accurate, year is unknown | EEA | Day and month are estimated, year is accurate | EEE | Day, month and year are estimated | EEU | Day and month are estimated, year is unknown | EUA | Day is estimated, month is unknown, year is accurate | EUE | Day is estimated, month is unknown, year is estimated | EUU | Day is estimated, month and year are unknown | UAA | Day is unknown, month and year are accurate | UAE | Day is unknown, month is accurate, year is estimated | UAU | Day is unknown, month is accurate, year is unknown | UEA | Day is unknown, month is estimated, year is accurate | UEE | Day is unknown, month and year are estimated | UEU | Day is unknown, month is estimated, year is unknown | UUA | Day and month are unknown, year is accurate | UUE | Day and month are unknown, year is estimated | UUU | Day, month and year are unknown |
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- | Dwelling Australian state/territory identifier | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
| DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected 6 times, once in each of the dwelling, dwelling history, household, person, person income and waitlist files. Code 9 (other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)) is not used by this collection. |
- | Dwelling occupancy indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Housing program type (public housing/SOMIH) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Public rental housing | 3 | State owned and managed Indigenous housing |
| DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected 6 times, once in each of the dwelling, dwelling history, household, person, person income and waitlist files. |
- | Dwelling redevelopment indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: If this metadata item uses code 1 (yes) then Dwelling—tenantability indicator must use coded 2 (untenantable). |
- | Number of bedrooms | Number
[3]
| 999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: Code 999 (not stated/inadequately described) is not used by this collection. |
- | Vacant days | Number
[4]
| N[NNN] Total number of days. | |
- | Number of occupants | Number
[2]
| 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: The number of occupants refers to the number of household members who are listed on the tenancy agreement, and living in the dwelling at 30 June. Persons who are not listed on the tenancy agreement should be excluded. Code 99 (not stated/inadequately described) is not used by this collection. |
- | Dwelling structure | Number
[2]
| 1 | Separate house | 2 | Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse, etc. | 3 | Flat, unit or apartment | 4 | Caravan, tent, cabin etc. in caravan park, houseboat in marina, etc. | 5 | Caravan not in caravan park, houseboat not in marina, etc. | 6 | Improvised home, tent, campers out | 7 | House or flat attached to a shop, office, etc. | 8 | Boarding/rooming house unit | 9 | Other | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Dwelling tenantability indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Vacancy end date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. |
- | Vacancy reason | Number
[2]
| 1.1 | Dwellings that are available to rent through normal processes (including dwellings that are undergoing normal maintenance) | 1.2 | Dwellings that are newly constructed, or purchased from when the certificate of occupancy was completed, or the keys were received | 1.3 | Dwellings that have undergone major redevelopment work from when the certificate of occupancy was completed or the keys were received | 1.4 | Dwellings that are considered hard-to-let | 1.5 | Dwellings that are vacant because of other or unknown reasons | 2.1 | Dwellings newly constructed, or purchased prior to the issue of the certificate of occupancy, or the receipt of keys | 2.2 | Dwellings undergoing major redevelopment work prior to the certificate of occupancy being completed, or the keys being received (e.g. the time during which redevelopment work occurred) | 2.3 | Dwellings that are offline or not available to rent through normal processes due to dwelling condition (e.g. uninhabitable condition and still waiting for repair) | 2.4 | Dwellings that are offline or not available to rent through normal processes due to dwelling management (e.g. hold for sale, transfer or other management purpose) | 2.5 | Dwellings for which there is no suitable applicant | 2.6 | Dwellings that are excluded because of other or unknown reasons |
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- | Vacancy start date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. |
- | Market rent weekly value | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the dwelling and household files. The market rent value refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. |
- | Waitlist application indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: This collection uses an alternative code set. These codes should be mapped as follows: A (allocated) = 1 (yes) W (waiting) = 2 (no) U (unknown) = 9 (unknown) |
- | Application date (household) | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the dwelling and household files. Record the date an application was placed on the waitlist. Used to determine waiting time period. Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. |
- | Housing assistance application type | Number
[1]
| 1 | New application | 2 | Transfer application | 8 | Other | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: Record the total number of applications as at 30 June of the reference year. This collection uses an alternative code set. These codes should be mapped as follows: 3 (other) = 8 (other) |
- | Assessable weekly income | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: Assessable weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Assessable income is also used to calculate the rental housing rebate, which allows the household to pay a rent lower than the market rent. Each state and territory uses its own definition of ‘assessable income’. |
- | Household weekly CRA amount | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: The amount should be the total weekly amount of the Commonwealth Rent Assistance entitlement for all members of the household, as at 30 June of the reference year. |
- | CRA household income inclusion indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | CRA household rent inclusion indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Household disability status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Greatest need date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: Greatest need date is only recorded if the household has been identified as a greatest need household. DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the household and waitlist files. Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. |
- | Greatest need indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the household and waitlist files. |
- | Greatest need reason | Number
[1]
| 1 | Homeless | 2 | Life or safety at risk in accommodation | 3 | Health condition aggravated by housing | 4 | Housing inappropriate to needs | 5 | Very high housing costs | 6 | Other | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: Greatest need reason is only recorded if the household has been identified as a greatest need household. DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the household and waitlist files. |
- | Gross weekly household income | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: Gross weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. |
- | Household Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: Household Indigenous status identifies whether an Indigenous person is present in the household. The metadata item Person—Indigenous status, identifies which person(s) are Indigenous. |
- | New allocation status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Rebated household status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Transfer status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Household weekly rebate amount | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: Refers to the weekly rebate on the amount of rent paid weekly by a household at 30 June. Generally, it is the positive difference between the market rent value of a dwelling and the rent charged. |
- | Rent charged | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: Weekly rent charged refers to the amount at 30 June. |
- | Income unit ID | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the household and person files. |
- | Relationship within income unit | Number
[1]
| 1 | Income unit reference person/tenant | 2 | Spouse/partner | 3 | Dependant aged less than 16 years | 4 | Dependant aged between 16 and 24 years | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: For the purposes of this collection, code 4 (dependant aged between 16 and 24 years) also includes dependants 25 years and over. |
- | Assessable income | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: For the purposes of this collection, a record should be completed for each income source rather than a single record for total income. Assessable weekly income refers to the amount at 30 June. |
- | Date of birth | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. |
- | Leaving date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: Record only if the person left the household before 30 June of the reference year or before the tenancy ceased. DSS specific information: Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. |
- | Disability status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In some jurisdictions, disability status is only recorded if the disability impacts on the client's housing need. Record status as at the date the household tenancy ended or at 30 June, whichever is earlier. |
- | Gross income (person) | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: For the purposes of this collection, a record should be completed for each income source rather than a single record for total income. Gross weekly income refers to the amount at 30 June. |
- | Person household single/couple relationship | Number | 1 | Couple | 2 | Single - Adult | 3 | Single - Child <18 years of age | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: This collection does not collect Indigenous status according to the ABS standard. The values collected do not form a one-to-one relationship with the standard, as shown in the table below: Standard METeOR Value | Standard METeOR Label | PH/SOMIH Value | PH/SOMIH Label | 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander | 1 | Indigenous (not further defined) | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal | 1 | Indigenous (not further defined) | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | 1 | Indigenous (not further defined) | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander | 2 | Neither Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 9 | Not stated/Inadequately described | 9 | Not stated/Inadequately described |
Record the status as at the date the household tenancy ended or at 30 June, whichever is earlier. |
- | Letters of family name | String
[3]
| XXX A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Letters of given name | String
[2]
| XX A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Principal income source (housing) | Number
[4]
| 1 | Employee cash income | 2 | Unincorporated business income | 3.1.1 | Youth allowance | 3.1.2 | Newstart allowance | 3.1.3 | Other allowances for students and the unemployed | 3.2.1 | Age pension | 3.2.2 | Disability Support pension | 3.2.3 | Other Centrelink pensions/allowances for the aged and people with disability | 3.3.1 | Family Tax Benefit (Parts A and B) | 3.3.2.1 | Parenting Payment - partnered | 3.3.2.2 | Parenting Payment - single | 3.3.3 | Double Orphan Pension | 3.3.4 | Wife Pension | 3.3.5 | Widow B Pension | 3.3.6 | Bereavement Allowance | 3.3.8 | Carer Payment | 3.3.9 | Carer Allowance | 3.3.10 | Carer Supplement | 3.3.11 | Partner Allowance | 3.3.12 | Widow Allowance | 3.3.13 | CDEP Participant Supplement | 3.3.14 | Special Benefit | 3.3.15 | Service pension (DVA) | 3.3.16 | Disability pension (DVA) | 3.3.17 | War widow's pension (DVA) | 3.3.18 | Pensions and allowances from overseas governments | 3.3.19 | Other government cash pensions and allowances | 4 | Other cash income (e.g. superannuation, compensation) | 5 | Nil Income | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: For the purposes of this collection, a record should be completed for each income source rather than a single record for the main income source. |
- | Relationship to reference person | Number
[1]
| 1 | Reference person/tenant | 2 | Spouse/partner | 3 | Son/daughter aged less than 16 years | 4 | Son/daughter aged 16 years and over | 5 | Resident aged less than 16 years | 6 | Resident aged 16 years and over | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Sex | Number
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Intersex or indeterminate | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: Code 3 (intersex or indeterminate) is not used in this collection. |
- | Tenancy end date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: Record only if the tenancy ended before 30 June. DSS specific information: This metadata item is used in calculation of measures of periods of support and duration of assistance and for measuring various point in time data. Record the date on which provision of housing assistance by an agency was completed, ceased or terminated. Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. Tenancy end date must be related to a particular housing assistance episode. For each separate housing assistance episode a separate date should be recorded. For the purposes of this collection, the tenancy end date should be taken from the date specified on the tenancy agreement. Tenants may actually move out prior to this date. |
- | Tenancy start date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is used in calculation of measures of periods of support and duration of assistance and for measuring various point in time data. Record the date on which the provision of housing assistance to a household by an agency commenced, as distinct from the date the household applies and is entered on the waiting list or assessed for eligibility. The date recorded should be the date on which the client began to receive some form of assistance. Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. For each separate tenancy, a separate start date should be recorded. Same address transfers, mutual exchanges and succession of tenancy of dwellings are not considered separate housing assistance events. For the purposes of this collection the tenancy start date should be taken from the date specified on the tenancy agreement. Tenants may actually move in at a later date than this date. |
- | Dwelling identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected 3 times, once in each of the dwelling, dwelling history and household files. |
- | Household identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected 3 times, once in each of the household, person and person income files. |
- | Person identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the person and person income files. |
- | Waitlist identifier | String
[15]
| X[X(14)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the household and waitlist files. |