Q Health Care and Social Assistance
Division-level ANZSIC page with linked subdivisions, groups and classes. Use it to understand the broad family of activity before you drill down to a tighter code.
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Subdivisions in Health Care and Social Assistance
Start with the subdivision that best matches the business family, then keep narrowing until you reach the class page that carries the final four-digit code.
Subdivisions
What this division covers
ANZSIC division Q groups a broad set of related industries under a single top-level heading. The main value here is orientation: it tells you which part of the economy the activity belongs to before you read the tighter subdivision and group pages.
Businesses often use this level when they are comparing multiple activities, checking a report category or trying to understand whether a class page has been chosen from the right industrial family.
Division facts
- Subdivisions
- 4
- Groups
- 8
- Classes
- 16
Class-level snapshots
Example classes inside Health Care and Social Assistance
Division pages are still broad, so this section surfaces real class-level definitions from the ABS-derived dataset. Open the subdivision if you want the full list for that branch.
Hospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)
This class consists of units of hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) mainly engaged in providing facilities and services such as diagnostic, medical or surgical services as well as continuous in-patient medical care in specialised accommodation.
Psychiatric Hospitals
This class consists of units of psychiatric hospitals mainly engaged in providing services for patients with psychiatric, mental or behavioural disorders.
Subdivision 85
Medical and Other Health Care Services
Showing 4 sample class pages from this subdivision.
General Practice Medical Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in the independent practice of general medicine.
Specialist Medical Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in the independent practice of specialised medicine, other than pathology and diagnostic imaging services.
Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in the provision of pathology laboratory or diagnostic imaging services such as analytical services including body fluid analysis, ultrasound or x-ray services.
Dental Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in the practice of general or specialised dentistry.
Aged Care Residential Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing residential aged care combined with either nursing, supervisory or other types of care as required (including medical).
Other Residential Care Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing residential care (except aged care) combined with either nursing, supervisory or other types of care as required (including medical).
Child Care Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing day care of infants or children.
Other Social Assistance Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing a wide variety of social support services directly to their clients.
Frequently asked questions
What does ANZSIC division Q cover?
Health Care and Social Assistance is the broadest grouping on this page. It gathers related industries into one top-level family before they are split into subdivisions, groups and classes.
When would I use this division page?
Use it when you need orientation rather than the final four-digit code. It is helpful for browsing, cross-checking and understanding where a business area sits in the hierarchy.
How is this different from a class page?
A division page tells you the broad industry family. A class page gives the exact code used in reporting, tax and other operational forms.
How to use this page
If the activity description still looks broad, step down to the subdivision page. If you know the family but not the final code, use the child links here to narrow the match before you confirm on a class page.
This level is also useful when a business runs more than one activity. It gives you the broad industrial context before the coding decision is made further down the hierarchy.
Source and trust
- Official source
- ABS ANZSIC 2006 release
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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