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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Yarra 37.9% of people born overseas were in households who were purchasing or fully owned their home, 44.1% were renting privately, and 15.4% were in social housing in 2021.
The City of Yarra's Housing Tenure data provides insights into its socio-economic status as well as the role it plays in the housing market. For overseas-born, housing tenure shows how migrants are accommodated in the area. This is highly correlated with the age of migrant communities - older communities are likely to have more home ownership. In some areas, public housing is an important tenure type for migrants, even long established communities.
To build a more complete picture of the story of the area for the overseas-born population, Housing Tenure data should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type, Household Income and Age Structure data.
Please note that the ABS definition of "Rented" in 2021 changed to exclude "Occupied Rent Free", which is now included under "Other tenure type". Please take care when comparing the "Rented" and "Other" categories between 2016 and 2021; most overseas-born communities show some increase in the "Other" category due to the definitional change. This represents a very small proportion of the population (generally 1-2%) and has minimal effect on the overall view of tenure types in overseas-born populations.
Q:
Derived from the Census questions:
'Is this dwelling (owned outright, owned with a mortgage etc.)', and 'If this dwelling is being rented, who is it rented from?'
| Housing tenure | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Yarra - born overseas | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Tenure type | Number | % | City of Yarra - Total population | Number | % | City of Yarra - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Fully owned | 4,628 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 4,340 | 17.7 | 17.6 | +288 |
| Mortgage | 4,865 | 19.4 | 25.7 | 3,893 | 15.9 | 22.9 | +972 |
| Renting - Total | 14,950 | 59.7 | 49.7 | 15,388 | 62.8 | 49.2 | -438 |
| Renting - Social housing | 3,851 | 15.4 | 7.9 | 4,563 | 18.6 | 9.6 | -712 |
| Renting - Private | 11,036 | 44.1 | 41.6 | 10,693 | 43.7 | 39.2 | +343 |
| Renting - Not stated | 63 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 132 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -69 |
| Other tenure type | 306 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 164 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +142 |
| Not stated | 278 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 708 | 2.9 | 9.7 | -430 |
| Total people counted in private dwellings | 25,027 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 24,493 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +534 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the housing tenure of people born overseas in the City of Yarra in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Yarra shows that there was a similar proportion of people born overseas in households who owned their dwelling; a smaller proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a larger proportion who were renters.
Overall, 18.5% of people born overseas were in households who owned their dwelling; 19.4% were purchasing, and 59.7% were renting, compared with 18.8%, 25.7% and 49.7% respectively for the total population in the City of Yarra.
Emerging groups
The total number of people born overseas in households in City of Yarra increased by 534 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in housing tenure categories for people born overseas in the City of Yarra between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Mortgage (+972 persons)
- Renting - Social housing (-712 persons)
- Renting - Private (+343 persons)
- Fully owned (+288 persons)
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