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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, people born overseas were most commonly found in dwellings with 3 bedrooms in the City of Greater Bendigo.
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 Greater Bendigo plays in the housing market for overseas-born populations.
For example, where migrant populations are mainly students, one bedroom and bedsitters may be dominant. Upgrader areas housing families could have larger separate dwellings, while smaller units may be common for downsizers among older migrant communities.
To the extent that there may be a mismatch between bedrooms and Household size, this topic can also look at the potential for overcrowding in particular communities, or the availability of extra bedrooms.
'How many bedrooms are there in this dwelling?'
Number of bedrooms per dwelling | |||||||
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City of Greater Bendigo - born overseas | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Number of bedrooms | Number | % | City of Greater Bendigo - Total population | Number | % | City of Greater Bendigo - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
0 or 1 bedrooms | 250 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 228 | 2.7 | 1.6 | +22 |
2 bedrooms | 1,642 | 14.3 | 9.6 | 1,445 | 16.9 | 10.2 | +197 |
3 bedrooms | 4,788 | 41.8 | 42.1 | 3,922 | 45.7 | 44.8 | +866 |
4 bedrooms | 3,927 | 34.3 | 35.0 | 2,344 | 27.3 | 31.0 | +1,583 |
5 bedrooms or more | 727 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 462 | 5.4 | 5.8 | +265 |
Not stated | 117 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 173 | 2.0 | 6.6 | -56 |
Total people counted in private dwellings | 11,451 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,574 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,877 |
Analysis of the number of bedrooms in dwellings for people born overseas in the City of Greater Bendigo in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Greater Bendigo, shows that there was a higher proportion of people born overseas in dwellings with 1 and 2 bedrooms, and a lower proportion in dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms.
Overall, 16.5% of people born overseas were in 1 and 2 bedroom dwellings, and 40.6% in 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 11.1% and 41.8% for the total population in the City of Greater Bendigo respectively.
The major difference between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for people born overseas in the City of Greater Bendigo and the total households in the City of Greater Bendigo was:
The largest changes in the number of bedrooms per dwelling for people born overseas in the City of Greater Bendigo between 2016 and 2021 were:
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