Address Validator Port Reference

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State or Territory Name

Output port that returns the name of 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 Name Usage

Select the State or Territory Name port to write the state or territory name to an Australia address.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics also uses a single-digit code to identify the state or territory. To return the code, select the State or Territory Code port.

Port Location

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

Port Type	Port Group	Template Model	Precision
Output	AU Supplementary	Basic	30

State or Territory Name 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 Name port returns the names that the Australian Statistical Geography Standard uses.

The following table lists the state or territory names 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 Name

State or Territory Name

State or Territory Name Usage

Port Location

State or Territory Name Outputs