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Housing tenure

In Willoughby City Council 50.6% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in households who were purchasing or fully owned their home, 44.5% were renting privately, and 0.5% were in social housing in 2021.

Willoughby City Council's Housing Tenure data provides insights into its socio-economic status as well as the role it plays in the housing market.

Looking at tenure for specific age groups provides additional information about the housing role and function, which may be quite different for different age groups. For instance, an inner city area may house predominantly young people, while the elderly are concentrated in public housing. Alternatively, the older population may overwhelmingly own their homes outright, while younger generations are renting due to lack of affordability.

In conjunction with other socio-economic status indicators in Willoughby City Council, Tenure data is useful for analysing housing markets, housing affordability and identifying public housing areas. It should be looked at alongside Household Type and Dwelling Type.

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 age groups show some increase in the "Other" category due to the definitional change. This represents a very small proportion of the population and has minimal effect on the overall view of tenure by age.

It is also worth remembering that because this table counts individuals, there is no assumption that any particular individual pays the rent or mortgage.

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
Willoughby City Council - 0 to 4 years20212016Change
Tenure typeNumber%Willoughby City - Total populationNumber%Willoughby City - Total population2016 to 2021
Fully owned39310.027.849810.427.2-105
Mortgage1,59340.632.02,11444.032.5-521
Renting - Total1,77445.235.71,95140.634.4-177
Renting - Social housing180.51.1210.41.1-3
Renting - Private1,74444.534.51,90939.733.0-165
Renting - Not stated120.30.2200.40.4-8
Other tenure type561.41.5170.40.6+39
Not stated1062.72.92254.75.3-119
Total people in private dwellings3,922100.0100.04,805100.0100.0-883
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 children aged 0 to 4 years in Willoughby City Council in 2021 compared to the total population in Willoughby City Council shows that there was a smaller proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in households who owned their dwelling; a larger proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a larger proportion who were renters.

Overall, 10.0% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in households who owned their dwelling; 40.6% were purchasing, and 45.2% were renting, compared with 27.8%, 32.0% and 35.7% respectively for the total population in Willoughby City Council.

Emerging groups

The total number of children aged 0 to 4 years in households in Willoughby City decreased by 883 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in housing tenure categories for children aged 0 to 4 years in households in Willoughby City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Mortgage (-521 persons)
  • Renting - Private (-165 persons)
  • Not stated (-119 persons)
  • Fully owned (-105 persons)

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