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The definition of private dwelling includes residences in caravan/residential parks, camping grounds, marinas, manufactured home estates and retirement villages (self-contained).
Unoccupied dwellings in caravan/residential parks, camping grounds, marinas and manufactured home estates are not included in the Census, with the exception of unoccupied residences of managers/caretakers of such establishments. Since the 2006 Census unoccupied dwellings in retirement villages (self-contained) have been coded to unoccupied private dwelling.
See also Dwelling Location (DLOD), Dwelling Structure (STRD), and Type of Non-private Dwelling (NPDD).