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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idDwellings with 3 bedrooms are the most common for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Australia.
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 - Australia | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Number of bedrooms | Number | % | Greater Capital Cities % | Number | % | Greater Capital Cities % | 2016 to 2021 |
| 0 or 1 bedrooms | 16,878 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 12,262 | 4.7 | 4.8 | +4,616 |
| 2 bedrooms | 55,055 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 41,535 | 15.8 | 15.3 | +13,520 |
| 3 bedrooms | 148,502 | 42.2 | 40.2 | 116,484 | 44.3 | 42.8 | +32,018 |
| 4 bedrooms | 95,940 | 27.3 | 28.1 | 66,099 | 25.1 | 26.2 | +29,841 |
| 5 bedrooms or more | 26,658 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 16,909 | 6.4 | 7.4 | +9,749 |
| Not stated | 9,005 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 9,730 | 3.7 | 3.5 | -725 |
| Total households | 352,038 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 263,019 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +89,019 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in Australia in 2021 compared to the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in Greater Capital Cities shows that there was a lower proportion of dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, as well as a lower proportion of dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms.
Overall, 20.4% of households were in dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and 34.8% of 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 21.1% and 36.5% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Greater Capital Cities respectively.
The major difference between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Australia and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Greater Capital Cities was:
- A larger percentage of 3 bedrooms (42.2% compared to 40.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Australia between 2016 and 2021 were:
- 3 bedrooms (+32,018 dwellings)
- 4 bedrooms (+29,841 dwellings)
- 2 bedrooms (+13,520 dwellings)
- 5 bedrooms or more (+9,749 dwellings)
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