Household indicative information
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Local level government _ _
Urban area/rural ward _ _
Census unit _ _ _ _
Household No. _ _ _
House type _ _
Response code _
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House Types
The box for "House type" is at the top of the census form with the Indicative Information.
For each household you must decide on the correct code from the list below and the pictures in Appendix 6. Then check that this matches the code on the listing information in your workload folder. Update the listing form if necessary.
Who to ask: Use your own judgment to decide the house type. Do not ask respondents to answer this question.
Get this information for: All households in your listing as part of your workload.
How to record:
Record the correct code from the list of 10 house types below, which are shown as pictures in Appendix 3. Enter the numbers as two digits. For example as 01 or 02, NOT 1 or 2.
Brief description of house types:
01. High cost: Large well-built usually fibro, timber, brick or weatherboard construction metals roofs.
02. Low cost: Small well-built house usually fibro or wood construction.
03. Flats: Flats are units of more than two living quarters in the one block.
04. Duplex: This covers two houses joined together by a common wall. They can be different sizes. A house with a flat underneath or attached is a duplex.
05. Domestic or workers' quarters: Domestic quarters are mostly in high covenant areas but are also common behind shops where they are often workers' quarters. The only workers' quarters to be included here are small married quarters behind shops or factories which are really very much the same as the domestic quarters behind high covenant houses. They are made of fibro or wood.
06. Dormitories: Large building with cubicles, usually found in the grounds of schools and colleges.
07. Makeshift: This type of house can be made of pieces of wood, roofing iron, tins and even cardboard, generally scrap materials used.
08. Traditional: These are usually in traditional villages. The materials used are predominantly traditional (grass, bamboo, pitpit, wood)
09. Self-help house: (High cost) This is a very well-built house of commercial materials, which is very similar to those in urban areas. It has well-built steps, roof, and stumps.
10. Self-help house: (Low cost) This type of house is not as well-built as the high cost one but it has similarities. It should have food supports and reasonably well-built walls and roof.