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City of Casey

Housing tenure

In the City of Casey 78.5% of people born in Sri Lanka were in households who were purchasing or fully owned their home, 19.8% were renting privately, and 0.2% were in social housing in 2021.

The City of Casey's Housing Tenure data provides insights into its socio-economic status as well as the role it plays in the housing market. For overseas-born, housing tenure shows how migrants are accommodated in the area. This is highly correlated with the age of migrant communities - older communities are likely to have more home ownership. In some areas, public housing is an important tenure type for migrants, even long established communities.

To build a more complete picture of the story of the area for the overseas-born population, Housing Tenure data should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type, Household Income and Age Structure data.

Please note that the ABS definition of "Rented" in 2021 changed to exclude "Occupied Rent Free", which is now included under "Other tenure type". Please take care when comparing the "Rented" and "Other" categories between 2016 and 2021; most overseas-born communities show some increase in the "Other" category due to the definitional change. This represents a very small proportion of the population (generally 1-2%) and has minimal effect on the overall view of tenure types in overseas-born populations.

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
City of Casey - born in Sri Lanka20212016Change
Tenure typeNumber%South East Metropolitan RegionNumber%South East Metropolitan Region2016 to 2021
Fully owned1,4109.48.61,0789.66.7+332
Mortgage10,31469.159.37,74369.056.5+2,571
Renting - Total3,00920.130.32,18319.534.1+826
Renting - Social housing360.20.8340.31.0+2
Renting - Private2,95419.829.12,12619.032.8+828
Renting - Not stated190.10.4230.20.2-4
Other tenure type960.60.7290.30.2+67
Not stated1080.71.11831.62.5-75
Total people counted in private dwellings14,937100.0100.011,216100.0100.0+3,721
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 people born in Sri Lanka in the City of Casey in 2021 compared to South East Metropolitan Region shows that there was a larger proportion of people born in Sri Lanka in households who owned their dwelling; a larger proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a smaller proportion who were renters.

Overall, 9.4% of people born in Sri Lanka were in households who owned their dwelling; 69.1% were purchasing, and 20.1% were renting, compared with 8.6%, 59.3% and 30.3% respectively for South East Metropolitan Region.

Emerging groups

The total number of people born in Sri Lanka in households in City of Casey increased by 3,721 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in housing tenure categories for people born in Sri Lanka in the City of Casey between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Mortgage (+2,571 persons)
  • Renting - Private (+828 persons)
  • Fully owned (+332 persons)
  • Other tenure type (+67 persons)

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