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1961 Census - Dwellings, Ipswich

Dwellings

Unoccupied Dwelling classified according to reason for being unoccupied
Reason for being unoccupied	For Sale or Renting	144
	Holiday Home, "Weekender", Seasonal Workers Quarters	2
	Occupants Temporarily Absent	237
	To be Demolished, Condemned	2
	Other and Not Stated	100
Total		485

Average weekly Rent (unfurnished) of Occupied Tenanted Dwellings of Three to Six Rooms with walls of wood, brick or stone, concrete, and fibro-cement. (s. d.)
		Houses	Flats
Walls of Wood	3 rooms	40 10	65 4
	4 rooms	58 5	80 3
	5 rooms	67 9	85 11
	6 rooms	68 9	87 2
	3 to 6 rooms	65 7	86 6
Walls of Brick or Stone	3 rooms		94 0
	4 rooms	72 0	85 1
	5 rooms	59 8	76 4
	6 rooms	69 5	65 4
	3 to 6 rooms	65 9	81 9
Walls of Wood, Brick or Stone	3 rooms	40 18	97 3
	4 rooms	59 0	81 10
	5 rooms	67 5	64 6
	6 rooms	68 10	55 11
	3 to 6 rooms	65 7	64 5
Walls of Concrete	3 rooms	27 6	45 0
	4 rooms	10 0	42 9
	5 rooms	73 0	70 0
	6 rooms	31 1	30 0
	3 to 6 rooms	62 8	46 1
Walls of Fibro-cement	3 rooms	30 0	72 1
	4 rooms	68 11	72 3
	5 rooms	70 11	51 3
	6 rooms	64 1
	3 to 6 rooms	68 0	67 5

Number of Occupied Tenanted Dwellings of Three to Six Rooms with walls of wood, brick or stone, concrete, and fibro-cement.
		Houses	Flats	Total
Walls of Wood	3 rooms	28	105	133
	4 rooms	134	124	258
	5 rooms	382	53	435
	6 rooms	276	15	291
	3 to 6 rooms	820	297	1117
Walls of Brick or Stone	3 rooms	0	19	19
	4 rooms	6	22	28
	5 rooms	15	8	23
	6 rooms	12	4	16
	3 to 6 rooms	33	53	86
Walls of Wood, Brick or Stone	3 rooms	28	124	152
	4 rooms	140	146	286
	5 rooms	397	61	458
	6 rooms	288	19	307
	3 to 6 rooms	853	350	1203
Walls of Concrete	3 rooms	1	3	4
	4 rooms	1	4	5
	5 rooms	3	1	4
	6 rooms	1	1	2
	3 to 6 rooms	6	9	15
Walls of Fibro-cement	3 rooms	4	12	16
	4 rooms	22	34	56
	5 rooms	26	11	37
	6 rooms	27	2	29
	3 to 6 rooms	79	59	138

Number of Occupied Tenanted Houses of Three to Six Rooms with walls of wood, brick or stone, concrete, and fibro-cement.
Walls of Wood	3 rooms	28
	4 rooms	134
	5 rooms	382
	6 rooms	276
	3 to 6 rooms	820
Walls of Brick or Stone	3 rooms	0
	4 rooms	6
	5 rooms	15
	6 rooms	12
	3 to 6 rooms	33
Walls of Wood, Brick or Stone	3 rooms	28
	4 rooms	140
	5 rooms	397
	6 rooms	288
	3 to 6 rooms	853
Walls of Concrete	3 rooms	1
	4 rooms	1
	5 rooms	3
	6 rooms	1
	3 to 6 rooms	6
Walls of Fibro-cement	3 rooms	4
	4 rooms	22
	5 rooms	26
	6 rooms	27
	3 to 6 rooms	79

Occupied Private Houses and Flats Classified According to Date of Building
Occupied Private Houses	Date of Building	Before 1st July 1954	8791
		After 30th June 1954	2733
		Not Stated	152
	Total		6494
Occupied Flats	Date of Building	Before 1st July 1954	1391
		After 30th June 1954	1457
		Not Stated	196
	Total		3044

Occupied Tenanted Flats Classified According to Weekly Rent (Unfurnished)
Under 20s.	1
20s. and under 30s.	7
30s. and under 40s.	21
40s. and under 50s.	27
50s. and under 60s.	23
60s. and under 70s.	27
70s. and under 80s.	27
80s. and under 90s.	23
90s. and under 100s.	14
100s. and over	17
Not Stated (a)	275
Total	462

Occupied Private Houses and Flats Classified According to Nature of Occupancy
Occupied Private Houses	Nature of Occupancy	Owner	6490
		Purchaser by Instalments	3510
		"Tenant" (Government Housing) (a)	263
		Tenant	1163
		Other Methods of Occupancy (b)	166
	Total		11592
Occupied Flats	Nature of Occupancy	Owner	73
		Purchaser by Instalments	15
		"Tenant" (Government Housing) (a)	0
		Tenant	462
		Other Methods of Occupancy (b)	8
	Total		558

(a) These figures were compiled from the answers furnished in response to the instruction on the Householder’s Schedule “Tenant paying rent to Queensland Housing Commission to write ‘Tenant'”

(b) Includes “Not Stated”

Occupied Private Dwellings Classified According to Number of Rooms
	Houses	Flats	Total
1	38	1	55
2	75	39	158
3	171	156	387
4	1194	206	1448
5	4177	98	4304
6	3868	36	3908
7	1459	12	1478
8	411	5	416
9	110	1	111
10	39	0	39
Not stated	31	0	31
11 and over	19	4	30
Total	11592	558	12365

Occupied Private Dwellings Classified According to Number of Inmates
	Houses		Flats
1		867	67
2		2416	176
3		2234	169
4		2523	79
5		1700	44
6		994	15
7		463	5
8		241	2
9		76	1
10		37	0
11 and over		41	0
Not stated		11592	558
Total Inmates		49351	1612

Occupied Private Houses and Flats - Average Numbers of Inmates, Rooms and Inmates per Room, and Average Weekly Rent (Unfurnished)
Occupied Private Houses	Number	11592
	Average Number of Inmates	4.28
	Average Number of Rooms	5.6
	Average Number of Inmates per Room	0.76
	Occupied by Tenants (a) - Average Weekly Rent (Unfurnished) (d. s.)	64 8
Occupied Flats	Number	558
	Average Number of Inmates	2.89
	Average Number of Rooms	3.66
	Average Number of Inmates per Room	0.73
	Occupied by Tenants (a) - Average Weekly Rent (Unfurnished)	89 1

(a) Excludes particulars of dwellings occupied by tenants of the Queensland Housing Commission

Occupied Private Dwellings Classified According to Material of Outer Walls

	Houses	Flats
Brick	398	66
Stone	14	4
Concrete	136	11
Wood	10819	396
Iron	19	1
Fibro-cement	944	77
Canvas, Hessian, etc.	3	0
Other	16	1
Not Stated	16	2
Total	12365	558

Occupied Dwellings Classified According to Class of Dwelling

Private Dwellings	Private Home	House	11503
		Shed, Hut, Etc.	899
		Total	11592
	Share of Private House		183
	Flat		558
	Other		32
	Total		12365
Dwellings Other than Private	Licensed Hotel		26
	Motel		0
	Boarding House, Lodging House, etc		28
	Education Institution		5
	Religious Institution (non-educational)		1
	Hospital		5
	Charitable Institution		2
	Other		13
	Total		80
Grand Total			12445
Wagon and Camp			3

Population & Life Experiences

Total Population48,679

Census Details

Collection Date1961-06-30Collection AuthorityCommonwealth Bureau of Census and StatisticsCollection AreaIpswichNotes About CensusSome data has been input incorrectly on the original files."Indigenous status data is available from the 1971 Census onwards. A question on origin has been asked in every Census. However, prior to the 1971 Census, Aboriginal peoples were counted in order to exclude them from population estimates for each state and territory.

The 1967 Referendum changed section 127 of the Constitution to allow Aboriginal people to be included in official Census population counts."

- Australian Bureau of Statistics
References (online)Indigenous Status (INGP)Census of the Commonwealth of Australia 30th June, 1961 Volume III - Queensland Part III - Analysis of Dwellings in Local Government Areas and in Non-Municipal Towns of 1,000 Persons or More

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