Usage examples for habitation:

• To the Greeks that part of the world alone was considered fit for habitation by human beings. "Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699" – Lyman Carrier

• On arriving at the door of the Lunas the girl seemed to wake up, and drew quickly back with a look of terror, as though inside the " habitation some great danger was awaiting her. "The Shadow of the Cathedral" – Vicente Blasco Ibañez

• You needn't scream, for we're far from any habitation "The Diamond Pin" – Carolyn Wells

• Their habitation therefore, is always second- hand. "Wake-Robin" – John Burroughs