1971 Census - Dwellings, Ipswich

Dwellings

Occupied dwellings by Material of Outer Walls
	Houses	Flats	Other	Total
Brick	701	122	9	832
Brick veneer	591	16	0	607
Stone	14	9	2	25
Concrete	228	25	3	256
Timber	13142	385	38	13565
Metal	42	1	48	91
Fibro-cement	1054	90	10	154
Other	12	0	7	19

Occupied dwellings by access to facilities and sewerage
		Houses	Flats	Other	Total
Facilities	Gas only	2	0	65	4
	Electricity only	11375	224	0	11653
	Gas and elec.	4331	415	35	4799
	No gas or elec.	12	0	17	14
	Not stated	64	9	2	79
	With T.V.	13265	422	54	13747
Sewerage	Mains sewer	8981	576	53	9600
	Separate system	1715	38	2	1761
	Sanitary pan	4868	25	6	4937
	Other and not stated	220	9	60	251

Occupied private dwellings by nature of occupancy
	Houses	Flats	Other	Total
Owner	12680	74	65	12819
Tenant of S.H.A.	571	1	0	572
Tenant, other	2001	548	35	2584
Other and not stated	532	25	17	574

Occupied Private Dwellings by No. of Rooms
	Houses	Flats	Other	Total
1	10	5	30	45
2	68	41	44	153
3	242	248	25	515
4	1697	213	5	1915
5	7292	97	9	7398
6	4048	25	2	4075
7 and over	2427	19	2	2448

Occupied Private Dwellings by No. of Bedrooms
	Houses	Flats	Other	Total
0	16	6	25	47
1	204	179	46	429
2	2466	366	23	2855
3	10562	66	6	10634
4	2090	10	0	2100
5 and over	346	7	1	354
Not stated	100	14	16	130

Unoccupied private dwellings - reason unoccupied
	Private houses	Self-contained flats	Other	Total
For sale or let	194	26	2	222
New	67	6	0	73
Under repair	40	10	0	50
Holiday home	0	0	0	0
Temporary only	353	14	2	369
Other & not stated	165	5	0	170
Total	819	61	4	884

Occupied Private Dwellings by No. of Persons
	Houses	Flats	Other	Total
1	1479	156	28	1663
2	3771	262	33	4066
3	2866	129	24	3017
4	3213	54	17	3284
5	2207	26	8	2241
6	1241	11	6	1258
7	535	7	1	534
8 and over	472	3	0	475
Total	15784	648	117	16549

Population in flats by number of flats in block
1	170
2-8	1339
9-16	43
17 and over	0
Total	1552

Houses and flats by average weekly rent
			Private Houses		Self-contained flats
			Number	Average Rent ($)	Number	Average Rent ($)
Rented	Furnished		490	14.73	404	14.28
	Unfurnished	S.H.A	492	13.27	-	-
	Unfurnished	Other	1355	12.87	130	12.5
	Not stated		235	-	15	-

Classes of Occupied Dwelling
Separate house	15600
Semi-detached house	66
Attached house	87
Terrace house	6
Villa unit	25
Self-contained flat	648
Other flat	27
Caravan etc.	90
Total private	16549
Non-private	73
Total	16622

Census Details

Collection Date1971-06-30Collection AuthorityCommonwealth Bureau of Census and StatisticsCollection AreaIpswichNotes About CensusSome data has been input incorrectly on the original files.References (online)Census of Population and Housing, 30 June 1971, Commonwealth of Australia, Bulletin 7 - CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULATION AND DWELLINGS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS - Part 3 Queensland

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