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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, dwellings with 4 bedrooms were the most common amongst recent arrivals in the City of Townsville.
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 Townsville 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.
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Number of bedrooms per dwelling | |||
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City of Townsville - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
Number of bedrooms | Number | % | Regional QLD |
0 or 1 bedrooms | 185 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
2 bedrooms | 942 | 22.1 | 22.9 |
3 bedrooms | 1,329 | 31.2 | 31.4 |
4 bedrooms | 1,388 | 32.5 | 29.0 |
5 bedrooms or more | 359 | 8.4 | 9.3 |
Not stated | 63 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Total people counted in private dwellings | 4,266 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Analysis of the number of bedrooms in dwellings for recent arrivals in the City of Townsville shows that there was a lower proportion of recent arrivals in dwellings with 1 or 2 bedrooms, and a higher proportion in dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms compared to the Regional QLD in 2021.
Overall, 26.4% of recent arrivals were in 1 or 2 bedroom dwellings, and 41.0% in 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 28.6% and 38.3% for Regional QLD respectively.
The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for recent arrivals in the City of Townsville and Regional QLD were:
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