Occupancy rate shows the share of private dwellings that are occupied or not. Each rate is the count in that group divided by the total.
A higher rate means more of the housing stock is in use. This rate feeds into average household size and the link between dwellings and population.
| Occupancy | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 |
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| Occupied | 0.9354 | 0.9354 | 0.9351 | 0.9348 | 0.9346 | 0.9346 | 0.9346 | 0.9345 | 0.9343 | 0.9342 | 0.9340 | 0.9339 | 0.9337 | 0.9336 | 0.9335 | 0.9333 | 0.9332 | 0.9331 | 0.9330 | 0.9329 | 0.9327 | 0.9326 | 0.9325 | 0.9324 | 0.9323 | 0.9322 | 0.9321 | 0.9320 | 0.9319 | 0.9318 | 0.9317 | 0.9316 | 0.9315 | 0.9314 |
| Unoccupied | 0.0646 | 0.0646 | 0.0649 | 0.0652 | 0.0654 | 0.0654 | 0.0654 | 0.0655 | 0.0657 | 0.0658 | 0.0660 | 0.0661 | 0.0663 | 0.0664 | 0.0665 | 0.0667 | 0.0668 | 0.0669 | 0.0670 | 0.0671 | 0.0673 | 0.0674 | 0.0675 | 0.0676 | 0.0677 | 0.0678 | 0.0679 | 0.0680 | 0.0681 | 0.0682 | 0.0683 | 0.0684 | 0.0685 | 0.0686 |
| Total | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |