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Bermagui Coast - Wapengo and District

Housing tenure

In Bermagui Coast - Wapengo and District, 73% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 17.3% were renting privately, and 1.7% were in social housing in 2021.

Bermagui Coast - Wapengo and District'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 Bermagui Coast - Wapengo and District, 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
Bermagui Coast - Wapengo and District - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Tenure typeNumber%Canberra Region %Number%Canberra Region %2016 to 2021
Fully owned77356.538.859951.337.2+174
Mortgage22016.130.720417.530.0+16
Renting - Total25918.922.023420.121.8+25
Renting - Social housing231.72.7171.53.0+6
Renting - Private23617.319.121718.618.6+19
Renting - Not stated0--0.20--0.20
Other tenure type141.02.3332.92.3-20
Not stated1027.56.2958.28.7+6
Total households1,368100.0100.01,167100.0100.0+201
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 Bermagui Coast - Wapengo and District in 2021 compared to Canberra Region shows that there was a larger proportion of households who owned their dwelling; a smaller proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a smaller proportion who were renters.

Overall, 56.5% of households owned their dwelling; 16.1% were purchasing, and 18.9% were renting, compared with 38.8%, 30.7% and 22.0% respectively for Canberra Region.

Emerging groups

The largest change in housing tenure categories for the households in Bermagui Coast - Wapengo and District between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Fully owned (+174 households)

The total number of households in Bermagui Coast - Wapengo and District increased by 201 between 2016 and 2021.

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