Housing

Housing tenure

About this topic

Housing tenure shows whether households own their dwelling outright, are purchasing it, rent privately, rent from a social landlord, or occupy it under another arrangement. It describes how households hold or access housing, not the type of dwelling itself.

This topic is useful for analysing housing markets, affordability, stability, and the mix of owners and renters. It works best alongside dwelling type, household composition, and housing cost topics such as mortgage repayments and rent.

Interpretation notes

  • Tenure type describes how the dwelling is occupied, including ownership, mortgage, rental, or other arrangements.
  • It applies to occupied private dwellings and should not be confused with dwelling structure or housing cost measures.

Key insight

In 2021, 87.9% of households in Quedjinup were purchasing or had fully paid off their home, while 10.8% were renting. The mortgage share was higher than Busselton (C) (35.8%).

Section overview

Housing tenure

Quedjinup - Households (Enumerated)

This table summarises housing tenure for Quedjinup in 2021 for persons, with comparison against Busselton (C) and change since 2016.

Housing tenure change

Absolute change in category counts between 2016 and 2021.

2016
2021

Fully owned

+1

+8.3pp

Mortgage

+27

+23.2pp

Renting - Total

-52

-26.8pp

Renting - Social housing

-13

-7.2pp

Renting - Private

-37

-18.7pp

Renting - Not stated

0

0.0pp

Other tenure type

+5

+3.4pp

Not stated

-8

-4.4pp

Data table

Housing tenure for Quedjinup. Housing tenure. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Busselton (C).

Housing tenure for Quedjinup. Housing tenure. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Busselton (C).
Housing tenure for Quedjinup. Housing tenure. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Busselton (C).
Category20212016Change
Count%Busselton (C)%Count%Busselton (C)%Countpp
Fully owned6342.6%36.2%6234.3%33.5%+1+8.3pp
Mortgage6745.3%35.8%4022.1%35.2%+27+23.2pp
Renting - Total1610.8%23.5%6837.6%27.6%-52-26.8pp
Renting - Social housing00.0%3.8%137.2%4.4%-13-7.2pp
Renting - Private149.5%19.6%5128.2%22.6%-37-18.7pp
Renting - Not stated00.0%0.1%00.0%0.7%00.0pp
Other tenure type53.4%2.9%00.0%1.3%+5+3.4pp
Not stated00.0%1.6%84.4%2.4%-8-4.4pp
Total households148100.0%100.0%181100.0%100.0%-330.0pp