Person—housing tenure type, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termHousing tenure type (person)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term368085
Registration status:Help on this term
Definition:Help on this termA description of a person's legal right to occupy a dwelling in which he/she lives as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Person—housing tenure type

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Owner without a mortgage
2Owner with a mortgage
3Purchaser/renter under a rent/buy scheme
4Renter
5Occupier under a rent free accommodation
6Occupier under a life tenure scheme
7Other tenure type
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
9Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The Tenure type of persons in caravans and manufactured homes is determined according to the tenure of the dwelling structure and not the land. Thus, a person who owns a caravan and rents a site in a caravan park is regarded as an owner.


Code 1. Owner without a mortgage:
A person who owns their dwelling and is not making any payments on mortgages or loans secured against the dwelling. (Thus persons who have repaid a loan but technically not discharged the associated mortgage are included in this category).


Code 2. Owner with a mortgage:
A person who owns their dwelling and is repaying a mortgage or loans secured against the dwelling, regardless of the purpose of the mortgage or secured loan.


Code 3. Purchaser/renter under a rent/buy scheme:
A person purchasing a proportion of the equity in the dwelling, and paying rent for the remainder.


Code 4. Renter:
A person paying money to another person/organisation in return for accommodation. Included in this category are: Boarder, a person who is provided with meals and lodging in return for money; and Lodger, a person who is provided with lodging only (a room or rooms) in return for money.


Code 5. Occupier under rent free accommodation:
A person paying no money in exchange for accommodation. Exclude owners with or without a mortgage, house-sitters, and those paying accommodation in goods and services.


Code 6. Occupier under a life tenure scheme:
A person with a contract to live in the dwelling for the term of his/her life but without the full rights of ownership and usually has/have limited or no equity in the dwelling. This is a common arrangement in retirement villages.


Code 7. Other tenure type:
The tenure does not fit any of the above categories. For example: house-sitting, payment in kind, for a specific service.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termPopulations tabulated for these categories may not correspond to populations in household level collections. In particular, a person classified as a ‘Renter’, ‘Rent-free’, and ‘Other’ may correspond to ‘Owners with/out a mortgage’. For example, a dependent student pays rent to their parents in the same household, may report their tenure type as 'Renter' or ' Boarder' in a person level collection , whereas in a Household level collection, they would be assigned the ‘highest’ tenure type in the household, for example ‘Owner with a mortgage’.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Community Services Data Committee

Reference documents:Help on this termAustralian Bureau of Statistics: 2006 Census Data Dictionary (Cat. no. 2901.0). 2901.0 - Census Dictionary, 2006 (Reissue)

Relational attributes

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