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City of Parramatta

Number of bedrooms per dwelling

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In 2021, dwellings with 2 bedrooms were the most common amongst recent arrivals in the City of Parramatta.

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 the City of Parramatta plays in the housing market for recent arrivals.

Areas with large student populations among their recent arrivals may have many single bedroom dwellings or bedsits, particularly with purpose-built student accommodation. Families may live in dwellings with larger number of bedrooms.

In combination with Household Type and Household Size, the Number of Bedrooms can also indicate issues around housing affordability and overcrowding among migrant communities.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'How many bedrooms are there in this dwelling?'

Number of bedrooms per dwelling
City of Parramatta - Recent arrivals2021
Number of bedroomsNumber%Greater Sydney
0 or 1 bedrooms4,01210.810.8
2 bedrooms21,52558.141.3
3 bedrooms7,11219.224.5
4 bedrooms2,5897.014.7
5 bedrooms or more1,4173.87.5
Not stated3931.11.2
Total people counted in private dwellings37,048100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Enumerated data). 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 recent arrivals in the City of Parramatta shows that there was a higher proportion of recent arrivals in dwellings with 1 or 2 bedrooms, and a lower proportion in dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms compared to the Greater Sydney in 2021.

Overall, 68.9% of recent arrivals were in 1 or 2 bedroom dwellings, and 10.8% in 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 52.0% and 22.2% for Greater Sydney respectively.

The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for recent arrivals in the City of Parramatta and Greater Sydney were:

  • A larger percentage of people in 2 bedrooms (58.1% compared to 41.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people in 4 bedrooms (7.0% compared to 14.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people in 3 bedrooms (19.2% compared to 24.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of people in 5 bedrooms or more (3.8% compared to 7.5%)

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