One indicator of dwelling size is the number of bedrooms. In 1999-2000, half of all dwellings in Australia had three bedrooms, 24% had four or more bedrooms and 20% had two bedrooms (table 8.4). Of separate houses, 58% had three bedrooms, while two bedroom dwellings were more common in semi-detached houses and in flats, units and apartments (46% and 60% respectively).
Nearly one-fifth (19%) of three bedroom dwellings had only one person living in them, over a third (36%) had only two persons, a further 20% had three persons, and 18% had four persons (table 8.5). Of two bedroom dwellings, most had one or two persons living in them (43% and 40% respectively).
Information on the incidence of other types of rooms such as bathrooms, toilets, laundries and lounge/dining/family rooms is available from the 1999 Australian Housing Survey.
8.4 ALL HOUSEHOLDS, By Dwelling Structure and Number of Bedrooms - 1999-2000 |
|
| Separate house | Semi-detached,
row or terrace house,
townhouse | Flat/unit/apartment | Total(a) |
No. of bedrooms | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 |
|
One bedroom | 50.2 | 67.3 | 194.0 | 329.1 |
2 bedrooms | 639.7 | 327.0 | 437.3 | 1,421.9 |
3 bedrooms | 3,311.1 | 285.7 | 81.0 | 3,691.2 |
4 or more bedrooms | 1,696.4 | 28.8 | *4.5 | 1,733.7 |
Total(b) | 5,697.4 | 708.9 | 725.8 | 7,188.1 |
|
(a) Includes other dwelling structure.
(b) Includes bedsits and dwellings with zero bedrooms. |
Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Income and Housing Costs, 1999-2000. |
8.5 ALL HOUSEHOLDS, By Number of Persons and Number of Bedrooms - 1999-2000
|
No. of bedrooms |
One person
%
|
Two persons
%
|
Three persons
%
|
Four persons
%
|
Five or more
%
|
Total
%
|
Total
’000
|
|
One bedroom | 77.5 | 19.5 | *1.8 | *1.1 | **0.0 | 100.0 | 329.1 |
2 bedrooms | 43.1 | 39.8 | 11.2 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 1,421.9 |
3 bedrooms | 19.1 | 35.7 | 19.7 | 18.1 | 7.4 | 100.0 | 3,691.2 |
4 or more bedrooms | 6.8 | 23.3 | 17.5 | 26.1 | 26.3 | 100.0 | 1,733.7 |
Total(a) | 24.5 | 32.7 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 10.1 | 100.0 | 7,188.1 |
|
(a) Includes bedsits and dwellings with zero bedrooms. |
Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Income and Housing Costs, 1999-2000. |