Address Validator Port Reference

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State or Territory Code

Output port that returns a numerical code to identify the state or territory to which an Australia address belongs.

States and territories are the largest sub-national divisions that the Australian Statistical Geography Standard defines. A state or territory comprises one or more level-four statistical areas.

State or Territory Code Usage

Select the State or Territory Code port to write a single-digit code to an Australia address that identifies the state or territory to which the address belongs.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics also recognizes the name of the state or territory. To return the state or territory name, select the State or Territory Name port.

Port Location

The following table provides the location and default precision of the State or Territory Code port:

Port Type	Port Group	Template Model	Precision
Output	AU Supplementary	Basic	1

State or Territory Code Outputs

The Australian Statistical Geography Standard recognizes 12 states and territories. However, the Australian Statistical Geography Standard combines four territories into a single unit for statistical purposes. The State or Territory Code port returns the codes that the Australian Statistical Geography Standard uses.

The following table lists the state or territory codes that the port can return:

State or Territory Code	State or Territory Name
1	New South Wales
2	Victoria
3	Queensland
4	South Australia
5	Western Australia
6	Tasmania
7	Northern Territory
8	Australian Capital Territory
9	Other Territories

The Australian Statistical Geography Standard organizes the following territories into a single unit with the code 9 and the name Other Territories:

Jervis Bay Territory

Territory of Christmas Island

Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Territory of Norfolk Island

The Australian Statistical Geography Standard added Norfolk Island to the group of Other Territories in 2016.

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Address Validator Port Reference

Address Validator Port Reference

State or Territory Code

State or Territory Code

State or Territory Code Usage

Port Location

State or Territory Code Outputs