CODE 1 Owned outright A person 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 Owned with a mortgage A person who owns their dwelling and is repaying a mortgage or loans secured against the dwelling. CODE 3 Rented privately A person pays money in the private rental market in return for accommodation. CODE 4 Rented through public, community or social housing A person pays money to a housing authority or housing assistance agency in return for accommodation. CODE 5 Rented otherwise A person pays money to another entity not included in the categories listed above, such as boarding house or caravan park, in return for accommodation. CODE 6 Occupied under other arrangements A person occupies a dwelling under arrangements not specified above. This includes a person living in residential aged care and situations where the person occupies the dwelling rent free or under a life tenure scheme (such as some retirement villages) or the dwelling is purchased under a shared equity scheme. CODE 7 No tenure A person does not occupy a private dwelling or has no rights over the dwelling. This includes situations where the person has no address. CODE 97 Not applicable This code is used where an assessment does not include this question. CODE 98 Unknown/unable to be determined This code is used where information is unclear, unavailable or insufficient to assign CODE 01–CODE 7. CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described This supplementary value is used to code inadequately described responses and non-responses for tenure type. It is not to be used on primary collection forms. It is primarily for use in administrative collections when transferring data from data sets where the item has not been collected. |