Canadian National Occupancy Standard

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	CNOS
METEOR identifier:	386254
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 19/12/2017
Definition:	The Canadian National Occupancy Standard (CNOS) assesses the bedroom requirements of a household based on the following criteria: There should be no more than 2 persons per bedroom; Children less than 5 years of age of different sexes may reasonably share a bedroom; Children 5 years of age or older of opposite sex should have separate bedrooms; Children less than 18 years of age and of the same sex may reasonably share a bedroom; and Single household members 18 years or older should have a separate bedroom, as should parents or couples.
Context:	Using this measure, households that require at least one additional bedroom are considered to experience some degree of overcrowding.

Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	The CNOS is sensitive to both household size and composition. As households pass through different life-cycle stages, their minimum housing requirements and actual utilisation of housing changes. While having spare bedrooms indicates a capacity to accommodate more people in reasonable comfort, it does not necessarily mean that dwellings are not being fully utilised. Households may put these 'spare' rooms to various uses (e.g. study, office, gymnasium, craft or hobby room, children's play room, guest bedroom or store room). Some may provide each child with a separate bedroom regardless of their age or sex.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Proxy occupancy standard Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Community Housing DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Household in greatest need code N Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Indigenous community housing DSS 2013-18 Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Indigenous Community Housing DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Mainstream community housing DSS 2013-18 Housing assistance, Superseded 10/05/2019 Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017 Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 19/12/2017 Person—household single/couple status, code N Housing assistance, Superseded 10/05/2019 Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Public rental housing DSS 2013-14 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Public rental housing DSS 2014-17 Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017 Public rental housing DSS 2017-18 Housing assistance, Superseded 10/05/2019 Relationship in household cluster (Indigenous community housing) Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Relationship in household cluster (Indigenous community housing) Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Indigenous, Standard 01/05/2013 State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2013-14 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2014-17 Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2017-18 Housing assistance, Superseded 05/05/2019