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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Mining areas - Shire remainder, 2.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 7% in Tom Price.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Mining areas - Shire remainder's residential role and function. A greater concentration of higher density dwellings is likely to attract more young adults and smaller households, often renting. Larger, detached or separate dwellings are more likely to attract families and prospective families. The residential built form often reflects market opportunities or planning policy, such as building denser forms of housing around public transport nodes or employment centres.
Dwelling Type statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Household Types, Housing Tenure and Age Structure for a more complete picture of the housing market in Mining areas - Shire remainder.
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Derived from the Census:
'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
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| Mining areas - Shire remainder - Dwellings (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Tom Price % | Number | % | Tom Price % | 2011 to 2021 |
| Separate house | 103 | 15.2 | 79.1 | 84 | 18.7 | 82.0 | +18 |
| Medium density | 14 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 9 | 2.1 | 9.6 | +5 |
| High density | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 393 | 57.9 | 11.7 | 279 | 61.6 | 7.0 | +114 |
| Other | 17 | 2.5 | -- | 30 | 6.6 | 0.9 | -13 |
| Not stated | 152 | 22.4 | 1.8 | 50 | 11.1 | 0.5 | +102 |
| Total Private Dwellings | 679 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 453 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +225 |
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| Mining areas - Shire remainder | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Tom Price % | Number | % | Tom Price % | 2011 to 2021 |
| Occupied private dwellings | 658 | 92.3 | 76.3 | 425 | 86.8 | 82.9 | +232 |
| Unoccupied private dwellings | 30 | 4.2 | 23.5 | 29 | 6.0 | 16.5 | 0 |
| Non private dwellings | 25 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 35 | 7.2 | 0.6 | -10 |
| Total dwellings | 713 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 490 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +222 |
Dominant groups
In 2021, there were 103 separate houses in the area, 14 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings. In addition, there were 393 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Mining areas - Shire remainder in 2021 shows that 15.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 2.1% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 79.1%, 7.5%, and 0.0% in the Tom Price respectively.
In 2021, a total of 92.3% of the dwellings in Mining areas - Shire remainder were occupied on Census night, compared to 76.3% in Tom Price. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 4.2%, which is smaller compared to that found in Tom Price (23.5%).
Emerging groups
The total number of dwellings in Mining areas - Shire remainder increased by 223 between 2011 and 2021.
The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Mining areas - Shire remainder between 2011 and 2021 was:
- Caravans, cabin, houseboat (+114 dwellings)
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