City of Melton
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander profile - Number of bedrooms
Dwellings with 3 bedrooms are the most common for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in the City of Melton.
The number of bedrooms in a dwelling is an indicator of the size of dwellings, and when combined with household size information, can be an indication of whether there is overcrowding in dwellings, and perhaps housing affordability and availability issues in the First Nations community in the area.
Households are counted as a First Nations household if they contain one or more Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander usual residents on Census night. This dataset presents number of bedrooms in dwellings containing at least one Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander usual resident. It is entirely possible and even probable in many cases that some bedrooms are occupied by non-indigenous household members or visitors.
Derived from the Census question:
'How many bedrooms are there in this dwelling?'
Occupied private dwellings containing family, group and lone person households
| Number of bedrooms per dwelling | ||||||||
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households - City of Melton | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Number of bedrooms | Number | % | Victoria - First Nations % | Number | % | Victoria - First Nations % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| 0 or 1 bedrooms | -- | -- | 5.7 | -- | -- | 5.5 | -- | 21001 |
| 2 bedrooms | -- | -- | 18.9 | -- | -- | 18.1 | -- | 21003 |
| 3 bedrooms | -- | -- | 40.3 | -- | -- | 42.5 | -- | 21004 |
| 4 bedrooms | -- | -- | 26.1 | -- | -- | 24.1 | -- | 21005 |
| 5 bedrooms or more | -- | -- | 6.9 | -- | -- | 6.0 | -- | 21006 |
| Not stated | -- | -- | 2.0 | -- | -- | 3.8 | -- | 21007 |
| Total households | -- | -- | 100.0 | -- | -- | 100.0 | -- | 99999 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in City of Melton in 2021 compared to the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population dwellings in Victoria shows that there was a lower proportion of dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and a higher proportion of dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms.
Overall, 6.2% of households were in dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and 49.8% of 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 24.6% and 33.1% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population households in Victoria respectively.
The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in City of Melton and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of 4 bedrooms (41.2% compared to 26.1%)
- A larger percentage of 5 bedrooms or more (8.6% compared to 6.9%)
- A smaller percentage of 2 bedrooms (4.5% compared to 18.9%)
- A smaller percentage of 0 or 1 bedrooms (1.7% compared to 5.7%)