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Canadian National Occupancy Standard

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
Synonymous names:Help on this termCNOS
METEOR identifier:Help on this term386254
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Housing assistance, Standard 19/12/2017
Definition:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

Using this measure, households that require at least one additional bedroom are considered to experience some degree of overcrowding.

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Proxy occupancy standard
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
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  • Housing assistance, Superseded 10/05/2019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
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