Is this dwelling: (please open this section to view response categories)
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This image shows a question from the 2026 Census online form. This question asks: Is the dwelling at 11 Fake Street:
Underneath the question text, the instructional text states: Include owners of caravans, manufactured homes or houseboats in ‘Owned with a mortgage’ or ‘Owned outright’ regardless of whether or not the site is owned. A shared equity scheme is a government or not-for-profit scheme - assisting people on lower incomes to buy a home by sharing around 30-40% of the ownership. Life tenure schemes are a common arrangement in retirement villages. Include leaseholds, and loan and license agreements in ‘Occupied under a life tenure scheme’.
The response options are: Owned outright; Owned with a mortgage; Purchased under a shared equity scheme; Rented; Occupied rent free; Occupied under a life tenure scheme; Other.
Who is this dwelling being rented from?
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This image shows a question from the 2026 Census online form. This question asks: Who is 11 Fake Street rented from?
Underneath the question text, the instructional text states: For all state/territory specific government housing authorities, select 'Government Housing Authority/Housing Department (Public Housing)'. Some examples of government housing authorities are: DCJ Housing (NSW), HousingVic, Department of Housing and Public Works (Qld), Department of Communities (WA), SA Housing Trust, Homes Tasmania, Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development (NT), Housing ACT, Aboriginal housing authorities. Community housing providers are not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable rental housing to people on lower incomes. This includes housing co-operatives.
The response options are: Real estate agent; Government Housing Authority/Housing Department (Public Housing); Community housing provider; Parent or other relative not in this dwelling; Other person not in this dwelling; Manager of a residential park (including caravan parks and manufactured home estates); Employer – government (including Defence Housing Australia); Employer – private.
How this variable is created
This variable is derived from responses to the tenure type and landlord type questions. Responses to these two questions are combined to produce a single, more detailed classification.
History and changes
The tenure and landlord type (TENLLD) combined variable was first available for use during the 2011 Census. Prior to this, data was obtained by manually combining the tenure type (TEND) and landlord type (LLDD) variables.
