Definition
A person's type of residential arrangement, as represented by a code.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptPerson: Residential type
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Object ClassPerson
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PropertyResidential type
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Value DomainResidential type code NN
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Residential type code NN ".| Data Type | NUMBERSTRING |
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| Format | NN |
| Maximum character length | 2 |
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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| Permissible Values | 1 | House/townhouse/flat - Includes bedsits, flats attached to houses or shops. | ||
| 2 | Caravan | |||
| 3 | Tent | |||
| 4 | Cabin | |||
| 5 | Boat | |||
| 6 | Improvised building/dwelling | |||
| 7 | No dwelling/street/park/in the open - Includes those people who are sleeping in public transport, e.g. riding on trains/buses etc. because they have no other option. | |||
| 8 | Motor vehicle | |||
| 9 | Boarding/rooming house | |||
| 10 | Emergency accommodation - Includes night shelter/women's refuge/youth shelter. | |||
| 11 | Hotel/motel/bed and breakfast | |||
| 12 | Hospital (excluding psychiatric) - Includes hospitals and other health care facilities but not specialised prison health facilities. | |||
| 13 | Psychiatric hospital/unit - Includes mental health units and forensic health units of corrective services systems. | |||
| 14 | Disability support - Includes all units whose primary role is disability support. | |||
| 15 | Rehabilitation - Includes facilities that cater for drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Excludes rehabilitation in prisons and correctional facilities. | |||
| 16 | Adult correctional facility - Includes those facilities whose main role is to detain and rehabilitate adult prisoners. | |||
| 17 | Youth/juvenile justice correctional centre - Includes those facilities whose main role is to detain and rehabilitate youth or juveniles. Community custodial facilities are included in this category. | |||
| 18 | Boarding school/residential college | |||
| 19 | Aged care facility - Includes nursing home, aged care hostel or non-self contained accommodation for the aged. | |||
| 20 | Immigration detention centre | |||
| 21 | Other | |||
| Supplementary Values | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
The combined fields of dwelling, tenure and conditions of occupancy can be used to create indicators of housing circumstances (homeless/at risk, stable/unstable, etc).