• Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

CODE 1   Separate house

A house separated from other houses (or other buildings or structures) by space to allow access on all sides (at least 1/2 a metre). This category also includes houses which have an attached flat (e.g. a granny flat). The attached flat will be included in the 'Flat, unit or apartment' category.

CODE 2   Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse, etc

Includes dwellings with their own private grounds and no dwelling above or below. A key feature of these dwellings is that they are either attached in some structural way to one or more dwellings or are separated from neighbouring dwellings by less than 1/2 a metre. Examples include semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses, and villa units. Multi-storey townhouses or units are separately identified from those which are single storey.

CODE 3   Flat, unit or apartment

Includes dwellings in blocks of flats, units or apartments that are self-contained. These dwellings do not have their own private grounds and usually share a common entrance foyer or stairwell. This category includes houses converted into flats, and flats attached to houses such as granny flats.

CODE 4   Caravan, tent, cabin etc. in caravan park, houseboat in marina, etc

Includes all types of accommodation within a caravan park. It also includes all occupied water craft in marinas.

CODE 5   Caravan not in caravan park, houseboat not in marina, etc

Includes all mobile units, on water or land, occupied on a permanent or semi-permanent basis by people (e.g. caravans, campervans, mobile houses, small boats, houseboats) that are not in caravan parks or marinas.

CODE 6   Improvised home, tent, sleepers out

Includes all structures not elsewhere classified that are occupied by people on a permanent or semi-permanent basis. This category typically includes garages, sheds, tents, shacks, etc. These structures are only included in this category if they are not in a caravan park.

CODE 7   House or flat attached to a shop, office, etc

Includes all houses or flats that are attached to a non-residential building. Examples of these dwellings are manses attached to a church, a flat or apartment over a shop, and a caretaker's house or flat attached to a school, factory or storage facility.

CODE 8   Boarding/rooming house unit

A boarding/rooming house unit is a self-contained unit within a boarding house with separate cooking, bathroom, and toilet facilities. Boarding house units are usually accessed via a common entrance such as a foyer or hallway. Please note: this structure type identifies the individual rooms in a boarding/rooming house, not the complete building.

Based on a modified combination of the 1996 and 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

National Housing Data Development Committee

Australian Bureau of Statistics: 1996 Census Data Dictionary (Cat. no. 2901.0).

Australian Bureau of Statistics: 2001 Census Data Dictionary (Cat. no. 2901.0).

Queensland Housing Boarding House Program Guidelines