Definition
This file captures information about dwellings provided for low to moderate income or special needs households. These dwellings are managed by community-based organisations that have received capital or recurrent subsidy from government. Community housing models vary across jurisdictions, and the housing stock may be owned by a variety of groups including government.
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dwelling—address line, text [X(180)]
Specific Information:
Address line was recorded with a 40 character alphanumeric field by this collection.
|
String | 180 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Dwelling—Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
Specific Information:
Unknown postcodes are recorded as "U".
|
Number | 4 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Dwelling—Australian state/territory identifier, code N
Specific Information:
This DSS uses abbreviated state and territory names (e.g. NSW, Vic etc.), rather than code values. It does not collect Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)'. |
Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Dwelling—dwelling identifier, X[X(14)] | String | 15 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Dwelling—housing program type, community housing code N[N]
Specific Information:
This collection uses alternative codes: Other = "9" and Unknown = "U". These values should be mapped to '88' and "99" respectively. |
Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Dwelling—number of bedrooms, total N[NN]
Specific Information:
Code "U" = Unknown should be mapped to Code "999" = Not stated/inadequately described.
|
Number | 3 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Dwelling—structure type, code N[N]
Specific Information:
Values 1, 2, 3 and 8 are applicable to the Community Housing collection. Unknown values are also recorded as "U", and should be mapped to "Not Applicable = 99".
|
Number | 2 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Dwelling—suburb/town/locality name, text [A(50)]
Specific Information:
The Community Housing manual notes a maximum field length of 15 alphanumeric characters, which is substantially less than the 50 characters recommended by the ABS.
|
String | 50 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, X[X(14)] | String | 15 | mandatory | 1 |
References
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |