A non-private dwelling is a place that provides shared or group housing. Hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, boarding houses, and student halls are all non-private dwellings. The key test is that the dwelling is not set up for one household alone.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics counts people in non-private dwellings in the Census. They are part of the estimated resident population. However, household size does not apply because non-private dwellings do not house standard households.
Non-private dwellings make up a small share of all dwellings. Their count tends to stay stable over time in most areas.
Place Forecast shows non-private dwellings on the privacy page next to private dwellings. Non-private dwellings are left out of the occupancy and structure pages because those only apply to private dwellings.