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Number of bedrooms per dwelling

In 2021, dwellings with 2 bedrooms were the most common amongst recent arrivals in the City of Ryde.

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 Ryde plays in the housing market for recent arrivals.

Areas with large student populations among their recent arrivals may have many single bedroom dwellings or bedsits, particularly with purpose-built student accommodation. Families may live in dwellings with larger number of bedrooms.

In combination with Household Type and Household Size, the Number of Bedrooms can also indicate issues around housing affordability and overcrowding among migrant communities.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'How many bedrooms are there in this dwelling?'

Number of bedrooms per dwelling
City of Ryde - Recent arrivals2021
Number of bedroomsNumber%Lane Cove Council area
0 or 1 bedrooms2,61118.816.6
2 bedrooms6,49846.949.4
3 bedrooms2,29716.620.2
4 bedrooms1,0277.47.3
5 bedrooms or more1,2819.25.7
Not stated1391.00.9
Total people counted in private dwellings13,853100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Enumerated data). Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the number of bedrooms in dwellings for recent arrivals in the City of Ryde shows that there was a similar proportion of recent arrivals in dwellings with 1 or 2 bedrooms, and a higher proportion in dwellings with 4 or more bedrooms compared to the Lane Cove Council area in 2021.

Overall, 65.8% of recent arrivals were in 1 or 2 bedroom dwellings, and 16.7% in 4 or more bedroom dwellings, compared with 65.9% and 13.0% for Lane Cove Council area respectively.

The major differences between the number of bedrooms per dwelling for recent arrivals in the City of Ryde and Lane Cove Council area were:

  • A larger percentage of people in 5 bedrooms or more (9.2% compared to 5.7%)
  • A larger percentage of people in 0 or 1 bedrooms (18.8% compared to 16.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people in 3 bedrooms (16.6% compared to 20.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of people in 2 bedrooms (46.9% compared to 49.4%)

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