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Hobsons Bay CityCommunity profile

Hobsons Bay City

Number of bedrooms per dwelling

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In 2021, dwellings with 3 bedrooms were the most common for low income households in Hobsons Bay City.

The Number of Bedrooms in a dwelling is an indicator of the size of dwellings, and when combined with Dwelling Type information, provides insight into the role Hobsons Bay City plays in the housing market.

For low income households, affordability may be an issue, and it may be that households can only afford to occupy (rent or buy) relatively small dwellings. However, this is also related to Household Size - low incomes are often associated with 1 or 2 person households, particularly retirees and students, so number of bedrooms data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Type data to get an indication of whether particular housing sizes indicate the presence of overcrowding and housing affordability issues.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'How many bedrooms are there in this dwelling?'

Number of bedrooms per dwelling
Hobsons Bay City - Low income households20212016Change
Number of bedroomsNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
0 or 1 bedrooms4547.79.34756.89.3-21
2 bedrooms1,34822.823.51,65823.823.8-310
3 bedrooms3,25855.143.83,82354.844.4-565
4 bedrooms66211.218.773610.616.5-74
5 bedrooms or more991.73.41221.73.2-23
Not stated921.61.31612.32.7-69
Total low income households5,913100.0100.06,975100.0100.0-1,062
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 number of bedrooms in dwellings for low income households in Hobsons Bay City in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a lower proportion of households in dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, as well as a lower proportion in dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms.

Overall, 30.5% of low income households were in dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less and 12.9% in 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 32.8% and 22.1% for Greater Melbourne respectively.

The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for low income households in Hobsons Bay City and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of households in 3 bedrooms (55.1% compared to 43.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of households in 4 bedrooms (11.2% compared to 18.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of households in 5 bedrooms or more (1.7% compared to 3.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of households in 0 or 1 bedrooms (7.7% compared to 9.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the number of bedrooms per dwelling for low income households in Hobsons Bay City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • 3 bedrooms (-565 households)
  • 2 bedrooms (-310 households)
  • 4 bedrooms (-74 households)

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