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AREA OF USUAL RESIDENCE - ASGC 2011 (COLLECTION DISTRICT)

Technical name: Person - area of usual residence, geographical location CD code, (ASGC 2011) NNNNNNN
METeOR identifier: 455512
METeOR link: <http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/455512>
METeOR definition: The geographical location of the usual residence of the person, using a seven digit numerical code which indicates the Collection District (CD) within the state or territory of Australia.

Scope

Inclusions: For all children enrolled in a preschool program include:

• The area of usual residence of the child's parent or guardian, with whom the child spends the majority of their time.

• The collection district of the post office box of the child's parent or guardian.

• The area of usual residence for any other parent or guardian of the child that is not the parent or guardian with whom the child spends the majority of their time.

• Children not enrolled in a preschool program.

• Address line (Child)

• Suburb/ town/ locality name (Child)

• Australian Postcode (Child)

• Australian state/territory identifier (Child)

• By recording the geographic location of the child's 'area of usual residence', this information can be used to determine the socio-economic status of the area in which the child's parent or guardian lives. This information assists in the derivation of disadvantage status and the disaggregation of Indigenous children by geographic location. Area of usual residence - ASGC 2011 also enables disaggregation of data by Remoteness Area.

• Area of usual residence - ASGC 2011 (Collection District) is derived from the data elements outlined above. Jurisdictions wishing to undertake their own coding should contact the ABS for further information about the correct use of geography correspondences.

• Operationally, the area of usual residence of the child's parent or guardian are recorded as it is assumed that the child lives with the parent or guardian and it is infeasible for children in scope of this collection to self-report. It is also not operationally possible to confirm whether or not the address provided on the service provider records is the place that the parent or guardian has or intends to live for 6 months or more, in accordance with the nominal definition of 'usual residence'. Operationally, the Area of usual residence - ASGC 2011 (Collection District) should reflect that of the parent or guardian with whom the child spends the majority of their time.

• The Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) has now been replaced with the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). For 2012, the ABS requests that both ASGC (CD) and ASGS Statistical Area level 1(SA1) and where available ASGS Mesh Block (MB) codes be provided in jurisdictional data sets, and that they are clearly distinguished.

• The CD was the smallest geographic area defined in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). CDs served as the basic building block in the ASGC and were used for the aggregation of statistics to larger ASGC areas, and some non-ASGC areas, such as Commonwealth and State electoral divisions. CDs are represented by a seven digit code. CDs have now been replaced by Statistical Areas level 1 (SA1s), within the new geographic standard, the Australian Statistical Geographic Standard (ASGS).

1999899 - New South Wales: undefined CD
2999899 - Victoria: undefined CD
3999899 - Queensland: undefined CD
4999899 - South Australia: undefined CD
5999899 - Western Australia: undefined CD
6999899 - Tasmania: undefined CD
7999899 - Northern Territory: undefined CD
8999899 - Australian Capital Territory: undefined CD
9999899 - Other Territories: undefined CD

2.1.19 LEGAL VALUE CHECKS
	Edit specifications	Edit resolution
1.	If field is blank.	Provide a valid CD code, otherwise default to state/territory specific CD undefined code.
2.	If field contains text or if character length is greater than 7.	Provide a valid CD code.

• Code the area of usual residence to CD using the child's parent or guardian's address line, postcode, suburb/town/locality name and state/territory, as obtained from the child's enrolment record.

• The place of usual residence of the parent or guardian with whom the child spends the majority of their time should be used for coding to CD. If the child spends 50% with one parent/guardian and 50% with the other, use the 1st residential address recorded.

• Include those children who are living outside of the jurisdiction's borders, if the child attends preschool within the jurisdiction. For example, a child living in Queanbeyan that attends a preschool within Canberra would be recorded within the ACT jurisdictional data set, not the NSW data set.

• For children boarding at a boarding school, report the CD code for the area of usual residence of the child's parent or guardian, not the boarding school.