SUBURB/TOWN/LOCALITY NAME

Technical name: Address – suburb/town/locality name, text X[46]
METeOR identifier: 429889
METeOR link: <http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/429889>
METeOR definition: The name of the locality/suburb of the address, as represented by text.

Scope

Inclusions: The suburb/town/locality name which identifies the physical location at which the preschool program is being delivered, for all early childhood education and care services that deliver a preschool program.
Exclusions:

• The suburb/town/locality name for the post office box of the service provider.

• The suburb/town/locality name of the head administration office, if this is not the location where the preschool program is delivered.

• Early childhood education and care services that do not deliver a preschool program.

Underlying Concepts

Concept: Suburb/town/locality name.
Nominal definition: The suburb/town/locality name component of a complete service provider address, which identifies the specific geographical location at which the preschool program is delivered.
Operational definition: Consistent with nominal definition.
Supporting data elements: The following data elements are used in conjunction with Suburb/town/locality name to geo-code an address to Collection District (CD), Statistical area level 1 (SA1) and Mesh Block (MB) for the data elements Geographic location of organisation - ASGC 2011 (Collection District), Statistical area level 1 (SA1) ASGS 2011 and Geographic Location of organisations - ASGS 2011 (Mesh Block) .

• Address line (Service provider)

• Australian Postcode (Service provider)

• Australian state/ territory identifier (Service provider)

Suburb/town/locality name can also be used to validate CD codes, SA1 codes or other supplied address data elements.
Conceptual issues: N/A

Standard Jurisdictional Output Categories

Representation class: Text
Data type: String
Format: [X(46)], for example: Lavender Gardens
Maximum character length: 46
Supplementary values:

UNKNOWN - Not stated/inadequately described
CONCEALED - Concealed record

2.2.3 LEGAL VALUE CHECKS
	Edit specifications	Edit resolution
1.	If field is blank.	Provide a valid suburb/town/locality name, otherwise amend to ‘UNKNOWN’.

Guide for Use

Service providers may operate preschool programs at a number of different geographical localities, with the management and operational responsibilities for those preschools being run out of the same administration office. In this situation, each preschool program is required to have an individual suburb/town/locality name recorded, to allow identification of the geographical location where the preschool program is being delivered.

The suburb/town/locality name may be a town, city, suburb or commonly used location name such as a large agricultural property or Aboriginal community.

For operational purposes, mobile preschools should be record with the suburb/town/locality name of the town or suburb out of which it operates. For mobile preschools, this may be different to the actual locations of service delivery.

Counting rules:

• Record the suburb/town/locality name where the preschool program is delivered.

Classification Definitions

UNKNOWN - Not stated/inadequately described
For use when the suburb/town/locality name of the service provider is unknown, not stated or inadequately described. Where the suburb/town/locality name is unknown, the ABS requests that jurisdictions identify the reason for the unknown response and document any follow-up processes undertaken.

CONCEALED – Concealed record
For use when the suburb/town/locality name of the service provider organisation of the child is concealed/withheld to protect the child’s identity.

Other Information

Related aggregate data element: Suburb/town/locality name.

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