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Bass Coast ShireCommunity profile

Bass Coast Shire

Housing tenure

In Bass Coast Shire, 72% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 17.7% were renting privately, and 1.8% were in social housing in 2021.

Bass Coast Shire's Housing Tenure data provides insights into its socio-economic status as well as the role it plays in the housing market. For example, a high concentration of private renters may indicate a transient area attractive to young singles and couples, while a concentration of home owners indicates a more settled area with mature families and empty-nesters (Household Summary). Tenure can also reflect built form (Dwelling Type), with a significantly higher share of renters in high density housing and a substantially larger proportion of home-owners in separate houses, although this is not always the case.

In conjunction with other socio-economic status indicators in Bass Coast Shire, Tenure data is useful for analysing housing markets, housing affordability and identifying public housing areas.

Further reading: How can Councils influence affordable housing.

Q:

Derived from the Census questions:

'Is this dwelling (owned outright, owned with a mortgage etc.)', and 'If this dwelling is being rented, who is it rented from?'

Housing tenure
Bass Coast Shire - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Tenure typeNumber%North Wonthaggi %Number%North Wonthaggi %2016 to 2021
Fully owned8,07844.643.35,84240.739.0+2,236
Mortgage4,94227.331.03,78126.332.2+1,161
Renting - Total3,53919.519.83,24822.619.0+291
Renting - Social housing3181.83.73102.23.1+8
Renting - Private3,20017.716.12,90620.215.8+294
Renting - Not stated210.1--320.2---11
Other tenure type3552.01.12972.11.2+58
Not stated1,1956.64.91,1848.28.6+11
Total households18,109100.0100.014,352100.0100.0+3,757
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the housing tenure of households of Bass Coast Shire in 2021 compared to North Wonthaggi shows that there was a larger proportion of households who owned their dwelling; a smaller proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a similar proportion who were renters.

Overall, 44.6% of households owned their dwelling; 27.3% were purchasing, and 19.5% were renting, compared with 43.3%, 31.0% and 19.8% respectively for North Wonthaggi.

Emerging groups

The largest changes in housing tenure categories for the households in Bass Coast Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Fully owned (+2,236 households)
  • Mortgage (+1,161 households)
  • Renting - Private (+294 households)
  • Other tenure type (+58 households)

The total number of households in Bass Coast Shire increased by 3,757 between 2016 and 2021.

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