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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idDwellings with 3 bedrooms are the most common for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Gunnedah Shire Council.
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.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'How many bedrooms are there in this dwelling?'
| Number of bedrooms per dwelling | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households - Gunnedah Shire Council | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Number of bedrooms | Number | % | Australia % | Number | % | Australia % | 2016 to 2021 |
| 0 or 1 bedrooms | 19 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 25 | 3.8 | 4.7 | -6 |
| 2 bedrooms | 119 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 94 | 14.3 | 15.8 | +25 |
| 3 bedrooms | 376 | 44.0 | 42.2 | 297 | 45.3 | 44.3 | +79 |
| 4 bedrooms | 251 | 29.4 | 27.3 | 173 | 26.4 | 25.1 | +78 |
| 5 bedrooms or more | 62 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 39 | 5.9 | 6.4 | +23 |
| Not stated | 27 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 28 | 4.3 | 3.7 | -1 |
| Total households | 854 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 656 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +198 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in Gunnedah Shire Council in 2021 compared to the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in Australia 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, 16.2% of households were in dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and 36.7% of 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 20.4% and 34.8% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Australia respectively.
The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Gunnedah Shire and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Australia were:
- A larger percentage of 4 bedrooms (29.4% compared to 27.3%)
- A larger percentage of 3 bedrooms (44.0% compared to 42.2%)
- A smaller percentage of 0 or 1 bedrooms (2.2% compared to 4.8%)
- A smaller percentage of 2 bedrooms (13.9% compared to 15.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Gunnedah Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- 3 bedrooms (+79 dwellings)
- 4 bedrooms (+78 dwellings)
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