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Definition

The Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Australian Postcode (Postcode Data File) Code NNNN ".
Data Type NUMBERSTRING
Format NNNN
Maximum character length 4
Values
Value Meaning Definition Start Date End Date
Supplementary Values 0097 Not applicable
0098 Unknown
0099 Not stated/inadequately described

Origin

Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 1
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 6
Inclusion in Data Distributions 23
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0