Enumerated in an occupied private dwelling:
An ‘Occupied’ private dwelling is a private dwelling occupied by one or more people on Census Night. Most often this is a separate house, townhouse, apartment or flat. It can also be an occupied caravan, cabin, tent or boat. The structure of a dwelling can be identified by using the variable Dwelling Structure (STRD).
People staying in an Occupied private dwelling on Census Night are provided an online or paper Household form to complete. Household forms collect information about the people staying in the dwelling, their household family structure, and their housing (e.g. number of people and rooms).
The variable Dwelling Location (DLOD) can be used to identify occupied private dwellings within the following establishments:
- marinas
- manufactured home estates
- self-contained retirement villages
- caravan/residential parks
- camping grounds
Enumerated in a non-private dwelling (NPD):
Enumerated in a non-private dwelling (NPD):
NPDs provide a communal or transitory type of accommodation. These are more likely to be short-stay accommodation and are only counted if occupied on Census Night. NPDs include the following:
- hotels and motels
- guest houses
- prisons
- religious and charitable institutions
- boarding schools
- defence establishments
- hospitals
- other communal dwellings
People in NPDs on Census Night are provided an individual Personal form to complete. Personal forms collect information about the person and their residential status within the establishment, but no information on the dwelling or household family structure.
Only people are counted at NPDs, not rooms, cells, units or beds. If there are long-term owners, managers or caretakers who work and live there, extra Private dwellings (PDs) are added.
Enumerated in other dwellings:
This category comprises:
- Migratory
- Off-shore
- Shipping
Migratory is comprised of people enumerated on an overnight journey by plane, train or bus cannot be allocated a dwelling type. This category exists for data processing and data querying purposes only.
Off-shore is comprised of dwellings which exist on off-shore oil rigs and drilling platforms.
Shipping is comprised of people on ‘vessels’ travelling between ports in Australian waters i.e. ships, cargo vessels, passenger liners, ocean-going passenger or car ferries and dredges. Excluded are foreign-owned cargo vessels and those bound for overseas.