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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idDwellings with 2 bedrooms are the most common for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in the City of Merri-bek.
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 - City of Merri-bek | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Number of bedrooms | Number | % | North and West Metropolitan Region % | Number | % | North and West Metropolitan Region % | 2016 to 2021 |
| 0 or 1 bedrooms | 96 | 12.9 | 6.7 | 45 | 8.7 | 5.8 | +51 |
| 2 bedrooms | 271 | 36.4 | 20.7 | 199 | 38.4 | 20.0 | +72 |
| 3 bedrooms | 249 | 33.4 | 39.6 | 175 | 33.8 | 42.2 | +74 |
| 4 bedrooms | 87 | 11.7 | 25.5 | 60 | 11.6 | 23.2 | +27 |
| 5 bedrooms or more | 28 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 18 | 3.5 | 5.0 | +10 |
| Not stated | 14 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 21 | 4.1 | 3.9 | -7 |
| Total households | 745 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 518 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +227 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in City of Merri-bek in 2021 compared to the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in North and West Metropolitan Region shows that there was a higher proportion of dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and a lower proportion of dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms.
Overall, 49.3% of households were in dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and 15.4% of 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 27.3% and 31.0% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in North and West Metropolitan Region respectively.
The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in City of Merri-bek and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in North and West Metropolitan Region were:
- A larger percentage of 2 bedrooms (36.4% compared to 20.7%)
- A larger percentage of 0 or 1 bedrooms (12.9% compared to 6.7%)
- A smaller percentage of 4 bedrooms (11.7% compared to 25.5%)
- A smaller percentage of 3 bedrooms (33.4% compared to 39.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the City of Merri-bek between 2016 and 2021 were:
- 3 bedrooms (+74 dwellings)
- 2 bedrooms (+72 dwellings)
- 0 or 1 bedrooms (+51 dwellings)
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