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At the 2001 Census, there were 208,704 dwellings in Tasmania. Of these, 36.1% were fully owned, 24.5% were being purchased, 22.5% were being rented.
For the following types of dwellings:
- Fully owned - Central Coast local government area had the highest proportion of its dwellings that were fully owned (42.2%). The lowest proportion was recorded for Central Highlands local government area with 18.9% of its dwellings being fully owned.
- Being purchased - Brighton local government area had the highest proportion of its dwellings being purchased (33.2%). Central Highlands had the lowest proportion with 6.2% of its dwellings being purchased.
- Rented - Brighton local government area had the highest proportion of its dwellings being rented (36.9%). Tasman local government area had the lowest proportion of rented properties with 7.8% of its dwellings being rented.
HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS, Tasmanian local government areas - Census 2001(a)
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 | Occupied private dwellings
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| Fully owned | Being
purchased(b) | Rented(c) | Total occupied private dwellings(d) | Other(e) | Total dwellings |
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| Local government area | % | % | % | % | % | no. |
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| Greater Hobart-Southern |
| Brighton | 21.7 | 33.2 | 36.9 | 94.5 | 5.5 | 4,598 |
| Central Highlands | 18.9 | 6.2 | 10.9 | 39.2 | 60.8 | 2,430 |
| Clarence | 39.5 | 30.1 | 20.2 | 92.8 | 7.2 | 19,879 |
| Derwent Valley | 37.3 | 29.5 | 19.2 | 90.0 | 10.0 | 3,766 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 27.8 | 9.3 | 11.9 | 53.2 | 46.8 | 3,328 |
| Glenorchy | 36.2 | 26.3 | 27.2 | 93.7 | 6.3 | 18,896 |
| Hobart | 33.2 | 21.5 | 31.5 | 90.4 | 9.6 | 21,972 |
| Huon Valley | 37.9 | 23.5 | 15.3 | 81.3 | 18.7 | 6,070 |
| Kingborough | 38.9 | 31.0 | 15.7 | 88.4 | 11.6 | 11,917 |
| Sorell | 30.0 | 29.8 | 14.1 | 77.3 | 22.7 | 5,429 |
| Southern Midlands | 40.3 | 27.7 | 17.1 | 88.6 | 11.4 | 2,345 |
| Tasman | 25.1 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 45.7 | 54.3 | 2,029 |
| Total | 34.9 | 25.7 | 22.7 | 86.8 | 13.2 | 102,659 |
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| Northern |
| Break O’Day | 32.7 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 59.3 | 40.7 | 4,039 |
| Dorset | 36.0 | 19.8 | 18.1 | 78.0 | 22.0 | 3,605 |
| Flinders | 25.3 | 9.5 | 21.2 | 58.9 | 41.1 | 609 |
| George Town | 30.5 | 21.1 | 21.5 | 77.9 | 22.1 | 3,213 |
| Launceston | 34.3 | 24.5 | 28.9 | 91.4 | 8.6 | 27,103 |
| Meander Valley | 40.6 | 28.1 | 18.2 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 7,375 |
| Northern Midlands | 38.7 | 24.4 | 19.3 | 86.0 | 14.0 | 5,127 |
| West Tamar | 42.0 | 27.3 | 14.1 | 86.4 | 13.6 | 8,439 |
| Total | 36.2 | 23.8 | 22.4 | 86.1 | 13.9 | 59,510 |
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| Mersey-Lyell |
| Burnie | 37.0 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 89.6 | 10.4 | 8,211 |
| Central Coast | 42.2 | 25.3 | 20.2 | 91.9 | 8.1 | 8,583 |
| Circular Head | 33.8 | 21.4 | 21.6 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 3,658 |
| Devonport | 38.1 | 24.1 | 26.5 | 92.4 | 7.6 | 10,259 |
| Kentish | 41.4 | 25.6 | 14.6 | 87.2 | 12.8 | 2,265 |
| King Island | 31.8 | 14.9 | 24.8 | 74.9 | 25.1 | 929 |
| Latrobe | 39.0 | 23.9 | 18.9 | 84.6 | 15.4 | 3,643 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | 39.7 | 22.3 | 21.3 | 86.4 | 13.6 | 5,873 |
| West Coast | 38.6 | 10.6 | 20.4 | 73.4 | 26.6 | 3,107 |
| Total | 38.7 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 87.6 | 12.4 | 46,528 |
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| Tasmania | 36.1 | 24.5 | 22.5 | 86.8 | 13.2 | 208,704(f) |
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(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
(b) Includes private dwellings being purchased through rent/buy schemes.
(c) Includes private dwellings that are rent free and being occupied under a life tenure. As a result totals may vary slightly with other tables.
(d) Includes other private dwellings and not stated.
(e) Includes unoccupied private dwellings and non-private dwellings.
(f) Total includes offshore areas and migratory statistical division.
Source: ABS data available on request, Census of Population and Housing. |
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