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Definition

The year a person (born outside of Australia) first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of staying in Australia for one year or more.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Date YYYY ".
Data Type DATE
Format YYYY
Maximum character length 4

Origin

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Standard for Year of Arrival in Australia. (last viewed 05/12/2006)

References

The ABS standard for Year of arrival in Australia appears on the ABS website http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/
4AD888364A44E87DCA25697E0018FE4C?opendocument
 select Other ABS Statistical Standards/Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables/Cultural Diversity Variable.

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 5
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0