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Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point

Housing tenure

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In Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point, 70% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 21.6% were renting privately, and 0.9% were in social housing in 2021.

Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point'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 Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point, 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
Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Tenure typeNumber%Central Coast Council area %Number%Central Coast Council area %2016 to 2021
Fully owned27333.433.322729.033.4+46
Mortgage30136.832.630639.132.5-5
Renting - Total18422.526.416921.625.1+15
Renting - Social housing70.93.20--3.3+7
Renting - Private17721.623.016621.221.6+11
Renting - Not stated0--0.230.40.2-3
Other tenure type141.72.5162.02.0-2
Not stated465.65.2658.37.0-19
Total households818100.0100.0783100.0100.0+35
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 Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point in 2021 compared to Central Coast Council area shows that there was a similar proportion of households who owned their dwelling; a larger proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a smaller proportion who were renters.

Overall, 33.4% of households owned their dwelling; 36.8% were purchasing, and 22.5% were renting, compared with 33.3%, 32.6% and 26.4% respectively for Central Coast Council area.

Emerging groups

There were no major differences in Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point between 2016 and 2021.

The total number of households in Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point increased by 35 between 2016 and 2021.

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