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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idDwellings with 3 bedrooms are the most common for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Central Coast NSW.
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 | |||||||
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households - Central Coast NSW | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Number of bedrooms | Number | % | Central Coast Council area - Total population % | Number | % | Central Coast Council area - Total population % | 2016 to 2021 |
| 0 or 1 bedrooms | 275 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 199 | 3.4 | 3.7 | +76 |
| 2 bedrooms | 1,332 | 16.1 | 19.1 | 890 | 15.3 | 18.1 | +442 |
| 3 bedrooms | 3,286 | 39.7 | 38.7 | 2,426 | 41.7 | 39.0 | +860 |
| 4 bedrooms | 2,352 | 28.4 | 28.2 | 1,577 | 27.1 | 25.7 | +775 |
| 5 bedrooms or more | 852 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 539 | 9.3 | 6.9 | +313 |
| Not stated | 176 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 189 | 3.2 | 6.6 | -13 |
| Total households | 8,273 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,820 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,453 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in Central Coast NSW in 2021 compared to the number of bedrooms in the total population dwellings in Central Coast NSW 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, 19.4% of households were in dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and 38.7% of 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 23.1% and 36.7% for the total population households in Central Coast NSW respectively.
The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Central Coast Council area and the the total population in Central Coast NSW were:
- A larger percentage of 5 bedrooms or more (10.3% compared to 8.6%)
- A larger percentage of 3 bedrooms (39.7% compared to 38.7%)
- A smaller percentage of 2 bedrooms (16.1% compared to 19.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Central Coast Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- 3 bedrooms (+860 dwellings)
- 4 bedrooms (+775 dwellings)
- 2 bedrooms (+442 dwellings)
- 5 bedrooms or more (+313 dwellings)
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