South West Group

The residents

The residents section is presented in two sections to answer the following questions:

  • What are the characteristics of the local residents?
  • Where do the residents work?

The people who live in an area are one of the most important resources that an economy draws upon, both as a market that consumes goods and services and as a source of labour.

This data is from the Usual Resident dataset of the Census. It includes all the people who reside in the local area, including those people who are not in the labour force (such as the elderly, children, unpaid domestic workers and carers etc.). Presenting the characteristics of the total local residents in economy.id® provides the context for understanding:

  • the characteristics of the local labour force (which is a subset of the total population);
  • the relationship between the residential role and function of the local area and its economic role and function;
  • the local market for goods and services.

More detailed information about the resident population, including suburb/locality profiles, can be found in South West Group community profile at www.id.com.au/profile/southwestgroup.

Housing tenure

Derived from the Census questions, 'Is this dwelling [owned outright, owned with a mortgage etc]', and 'If this dwelling is being rented, who is it rented from?'

Tenure data can assist in providing insights into the socio-economic status of an area as well as the role that the area plays in the housing market. For example, a high concentration of private renters may indicate an area attractive to specific housing markets such as young singles and couples, while a concentration of home owners indicates a more settled area (i.e. less transitory) with mature families and empty-nester household types. Tenure can also reflect built form, with a significantly higher share of renters in high density housing and a substantially larger proportion of home-owners in separate houses, although this is not a mutually exclusive pattern.

In conjunction with other socio-economic status information, tenure data is useful for analysing a wide range of issues, including housing market analysis, and can provide an insight to housing affordability in the area.

Data options:

Housing tenure of residents Place of enumeration

Housing tenure of residents by household, South West Group 2006 (Households)2006
Tenure typenumber%City of Melville %
Owned36,62731.340.4
Being purchased43,91237.532.3
Renting - Govt4,3113.72.3
Renting - Other22,38719.117.4
Renting - Not stated6450.60.6
Renting - Total27,34323.320.3
Other tenure type9650.81.3
Not stated8,3187.15.7
Total households117,165100.0100.0
Housing tenure of residents by household, South West Group 2006 Owned, City of Melville: 40.4% Being purchased, City of Melville: 32.3% Renting - Govt, City of Melville: 2.3% Renting - Other, City of Melville: 17.4% Renting - Not stated, City of Melville: 0.6% Renting - Total, City of Melville: 20.3% Other tenure type, City of Melville: 1.3% Not stated, City of Melville: 5.7% Owned, South West Group: 31.3% Being purchased, South West Group: 37.5% Renting - Govt, South West Group: 3.7% Renting - Other, South West Group: 19.1% Renting - Not stated, South West Group: 0.6% Renting - Total, South West Group: 23.3% Other tenure type, South West Group: 0.8% Not stated, South West Group: 7.1%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006.

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.