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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idDwellings with 3 bedrooms are the most common for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in the City of Whittlesea.
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 Whittlesea | 2021 | 2006 | Change | ||||
| Number of bedrooms | Number | % | City of Whittlesea - Total population % | Number | % | City of Whittlesea - Total population % | 2006 to 2021 |
| 0 or 1 bedrooms | 10 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | +5 |
| 2 bedrooms | 95 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 34 | 9.6 | 7.5 | +61 |
| 3 bedrooms | 455 | 43.5 | 44.9 | 217 | 61.3 | 59.5 | +238 |
| 4 bedrooms | 394 | 37.7 | 38.6 | 72 | 20.3 | 24.6 | +322 |
| 5 bedrooms or more | 69 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 16 | 4.5 | 3.2 | +53 |
| Not stated | 22 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 10 | 2.8 | 4.4 | +12 |
| Total households | 1,045 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 354 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +691 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the number of bedrooms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dwellings in City of Whittlesea in 2021 compared to the number of bedrooms in the total population dwellings in City of Whittlesea shows that there was a similar proportion of dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and a higher proportion of dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms.
Overall, 10.0% of households were in dwellings with 2 bedrooms or less, and 44.3% of 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 10.0% and 43.6% for the total population households in City of Whittlesea respectively.
The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in City of Whittlesea and the the total population in City of Whittlesea were:
- A larger percentage of 5 bedrooms or more (6.6% compared to 5.1%)
- A smaller percentage of 3 bedrooms (43.5% compared to 44.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the number of bedrooms per dwelling for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the City of Whittlesea between 2006 and 2021 were:
- 4 bedrooms (+322 dwellings)
- 3 bedrooms (+238 dwellings)
- 2 bedrooms (+61 dwellings)
- 5 bedrooms or more (+53 dwellings)
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