1268.0.55.001 - Functional Classification of Buildings, 1999 (Revision 2011)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 20/07/2012   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
Contents >> The Classification Structure >> Other Non-residential Buildings

4 Other Non-residential Buildings

    Non-residential buildings for the provision of education, religious worship or other religious activities, aged and health care, recreation, entertainment, commercial temporary accommodation. It also includes emergency services, utilities and other care and public services except where classified to commercial or industrial divisions.
        411 Education buildings
        421 Religion buildings
        431 Aged care facilities (including nursing homes)
        44 Health facilities (non aged-care medical services)
          441 Hospitals
          442 Health buildings n.e.c.
        451 Entertainment and recreation buildings
        46 Short term accommodation buildings
          461 Self contained, short term apartments
          461 Hotels (predominately accommodation), motels, boarding houses, hostels or lodges
          463 Other short term accommodation buildings n.e.c.
        491 Non-residential buildings n.e.c.

    411 Education buildings
    Buildings used in the provision or support of educational services except where the provision or support of educational services is a secondary function of the building and another class explicitly applies (such as the location of an independent retail outlet on the grounds of a University). Examples include:
        Boarding house (school)
        Classroom
        College (education)
        Conservatorium of music
        Corporate training facility
        Covered play area (school)
        Dormitory (education)
        Driver training centre
        Early learning centre
        Education centre
        Hall of residence (education)
        Lecture theatre
        Library (education)
        Military academy
        Police academy
        Preparatory school
        Primary school
        School auditorium
        School canteen
        School chapel (student/education use)
        School gymnasium
        School hall
        School laboratory
        Seminary
        Sunday school
        Student accommodation
        TAFE college
        Toilet block (to education)
        Training centre
        University

      Excludes:
        Independent book store on campus
        Bank on campus

    421 Religion buildings
    Buildings used for or associated with worship, religious services or ceremonies, or in support of programs sponsored by religious bodies other than when another class explicitly applies. Examples include
        Abbey
        Cathedral
        Chapel building (other than purely for education, aged or health care support)
        Church
        Church hall
        Convent
        Mosque
        Monastic cells
        Monastery
        Presbytery (attached)
        Rectory (attached)
        Religious dormitories
        Synagogue
        Temple

      Excludes:
        School chapel
        Seminary
        Theological college (education)

    431 Aged care facilities (including nursing homes)
    Buildings used in the provision of aged care, aged care support or services supporting aged care facilities, excluding residential buildings (such as retirement villages).
        Aged care facility
        Aged care support service
        Community care centre (retirement village)
        Dementia unit (aged)
        Geriatric care centre
        High dependency aged care
        Home for the elderly
        Hostel for the aged
        Low dependency aged care
        Nursing home

      Excludes:
        Community or social centre (retirement village)
        Residential building

    44 Health facilities
    Buildings used in the provision of non-aged care medical services. Includes group accommodation used to support the provision of non-aged medical care, where these are not identified as separate buildings. The class is further split into the two sub-classes Hospitals and Other health buildings n.e.c..

        441 Hospitals

        Buildings providing general medical, accident and emergency, surgical, psychiatric or other medical services on an acute or intermittent basis having in-patient facilities and other buildings supporting and associated with these services. Examples include:
            Allied health care as part of a hospital
            Consulting clinics as part of a hospital
            Hospital
            Hospital chapel
            Hospital pharmacy
            Medical centre (with in-patient facilities)
            Outpatient service as part of a hospital
            Pathology service as part of a hospital
            Private A&E service as part of a hospital
            Psychiatric hospital

        442 Other Health Buildings n.e.c.

        Buildings providing various health care or human wellbeing services other than as part of a hospital. For example:
            Care facility (other than aged care)
            Chiropractor
            Dental practice
            District nursing service
            Doctor’s surgery
            Family planning clinic
            Health centre
            Holistic health centre
            Home for convalescents (not aged care)
            Hospice
            Human quarantine station
            Medical clinic (outpatient only)
            Medical specialist centre
            Mental health home
            Nurse’s residence
            Occupational therapy
            Osteopath
            Pathology service
            Podiatrist rooms
            Physiotherapist
            Radiologist rooms
            Sport medicine centre
            Therapeutic massage

    451 Entertainment and recreation buildings
    Buildings used in the provision of entertainment and recreational facilities or services. Examples include
        Amphitheatre (roofed)
        Amusement park
        Aquatic centre
        Archive (open to public)
        Art gallery (other than retail)
        Arts centre
        Art museum
        Auditorium
        Bowling alley
        Casino
        Cinema
        Club
        Community centre
        Concert hall
        Craft studio
        Culture centre
        Dance studio
        Fitness centre
        Gaming centre
        Information centre (tourist)
        Licensed club
        Memorial
        Museum
        Night club
        Public hall
        Public library
        Public gymnasium
        RSL rooms
        Scout hall
        Senior citizen’s centre
        Sporting facility
        Swimming centre
        TAB
        Theatre
        Toilet block (associated with entertainment or recreation building)
        Youth centre
        Zoo

    46 Short term accommodation buildings
    Buildings primarily used for providing short-term or temporary accommodation on a commercial basis, excluding long term accommodation and community service hostels such as disability, women and children's hostels.

        461 Self-contained short term apartments

        Buildings predominantly consisting of self-contained apartments primarily used for other than private dwellings. They comprise self-contained units which are available on a unit or apartment basis to the general public for a minimum of one night. Units should contain at least cooking facilities (eg. hot plates, microwave oven), refrigerator and bathing facilities. Examples include:
            Holiday apartment building
            Holiday cabins (self contained)
            Serviced apartments

          Excludes:
            Long term rental accommodation
            Mining, rural or other worker accommodation

        462 Hotels (predominantly accommodation), motels, boarding houses, hostels or lodges

        Commercial accommodation usually not self-contained but with private rooms. Examples are:
            Bed and breakfast
            Boarding house (commercial)
            Country club (accommodation)
            Guest house
            Health retreat
            Holiday hostel
            Hostel (commercial)
            Hotel (predominantly accommodation)
            Lodge
            Motel
            Park home (short stay)
            Resort

        463 Other short term accommodation buildings n.e.c.

        Accommodation buildings not elsewhere classified. Includes commercial group accommodation such as:
            Backpackers accommodation
            Bunk house
            Camp dormitory
            Youth camp dormitory

          Excludes:
            Non-commercial group accommodation
            Military Barracks
            Educational accommodation
            Refuges and care hostels

    491 Non-residential buildings n.e.c
    Non-residential buildings not elsewhere classified including emergency services, utilities, temporary accommodation provided on a non-commercial basis and other care and public services not elsewhere classified. Examples are:
        Ablution block (public)
        Ambulance station
        Animal hospital
        Animal pound
        Animal shelter
        Care hostel (other than aged or health care)
        Child care centre
        Coast guard
        Council depot
        Court house
        Creche
        Crematorium
        Crypt
        Day care centre
        Detention centre
        Electricity distribution building
        Electrical sub-station
        Emergency housing centre
        Emergency services building
        Fire station
        Gaol
        Guard house
        Home for disabled
        Homeless centre
        Jail
        Kitchen for the homeless
        Laboratory, forensic
        Lighthouse building
        Mausoleum
        Meals on wheels kitchen
        Migrant holding facility
        Military barracks
        Military base
        Morgue
        Orphanage
        Police station
        Public toilet
        Pumping station
        Refuge
        Shade structure
        Veterinary hospital
        Waste depot
        Water treatment plant
        Women’s refuge


Previous PageNext Page