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Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas classification (RRMA)

The Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas classification (RRMA) was developed by the Department of Primary Industries and Energy and the Department of Human Services and Health, and was released in 1994. It uses populations and Statistical Local Area (SLA) boundaries from the 1991 Census to categorise SLAs according to their remoteness. RRMA Classifications:

• RRMA 1. Capital City - Capital City Statistical Divisions
• RRMA 2. Other Metropolitan Centre - Statistical Subdivisions containing an Urban Centre with population >=100,000
• RRMA 3. Large Rural Centre - SLA containing an Urban Centre with population range 25,000 to 99,999
• RRMA 4. Small Rural Centre - SLA containing an Urban Centre with population range 10,000 to 24,999
• RRMA 5. Other Rural Area - Other SLAs in rural zone
• RRMA 6. Remote Centre - SLA in remote zone containing an Urban Centre with population >=5,000
• RRMA 7. Other Remote Area - Other SLAs in remote zone