Residence Type in Debre Zeit:
The table below presents the proportion of Debre Zeit community who reside in conventional households and those who have no fixed address and hence are homeless. This is data is based on the 2007 census.
About 98% of Debre Zeit community resides in a conventional household, with 2.1 Percentage point more females residing in conventional household than men. On the other hand, although homelessness is very small in Debre Zeit, homelessness is primarily limited to males than females among the Debre Zeit community members.
| BISHOFTU/TOWN/-WEREDA | Conventional | Homeless |
| Both Sexes | 97.9% | 0.2% |
| Male | 96.8% | 0.4% |
| Female | 98.9% | 0.0% |
| EAST SHEWA ZONE | ||
| Both Sexes | 99.0% | 0.0% |
| Male | 98.5% | 0.1% |
| Female | 99.6% | 0.0% |
| OROMIA REGION | ||
| Both Sexes | 99.1% | 0.0% |
| Male | 98.8% | 0.0% |
| Female | 99.3% | 0.0% |
One interesting fact is that among the Boarding School or University College residencies, Debre Zeit accounts for about 91 % of East Shew and 6% of the Oromia region.
Below is a table that shows the complete breakdown of the type of residence.
| Population by Type of Residence and Sex: 2007 | |||||||||
| Type of Residence | |||||||||
| Sex | Total | Conventional Households | Hotel/ Hostel | Orphan- age | Boarding school/ University /College | Correct- ional Facility | Other collective quartere | Pastoralists | Homeless |
| BISHOFTU/TOWN/-WEREDA | |||||||||
| Both Sexes | 99928 | 97805 | 196 | 76 | 610 | – | 1047 | 7 | 187 |
| Male | 47860 | 46317 | 118 | 35 | 528 | – | 677 | 3 | 182 |
| Female | 52068 | 51488 | 78 | 41 | 82 | – | 370 | 4 | 5 |
| EAST SHEWA ZONE | |||||||||
| Both Sexes | 1356342 | 1343154 | 1783 | 93 | 670 | 1008 | 8375 | 664 | 595 |
| Male | 696350 | 685889 | 1015 | 44 | 580 | 989 | 6903 | 359 | 571 |
| Female | 659992 | 657265 | 768 | 49 | 90 | 19 | 1472 | 305 | 24 |
| OROMIA REGION | |||||||||
| Both Sexes | 26993933 | 26739289 | 14314 | 951 | 10250 | 12622 | 88818 | 120573 | 7116 |
| Male | 13595006 | 13429361 | 8075 | 612 | 8018 | 11987 | 67811 | 62440 | 6702 |
| Female | 13398927 | 13309928 | 6239 | 339 | 2232 | 635 | 21007 | 58133 | 414 |