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Bass Coast ShireCommunity profile

Newhaven - Cape Woolamai

Dwelling type

In Newhaven - Cape Woolamai, 13.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 8% in Bass Coast Shire.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Newhaven - Cape Woolamai'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 Newhaven - Cape Woolamai.

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Derived from the Census:

'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'

Dwelling structure
Newhaven - Cape Woolamai - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Bass Coast Shire %Number%Bass Coast Shire %2016 to 2021
Separate house1,88186.290.71,92896.191.2-47
Medium density28613.17.8603.06.9+226
High density0--0.50--0.40
Caravans, cabin, houseboat30.10.860.31.0-3
Other120.60.190.40.2+3
Not stated0--0.130.10.3-3
Total Private Dwellings2,182100.0100.02,006100.0100.0+176
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Newhaven - Cape Woolamai20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Bass Coast Shire %Number%Bass Coast Shire %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,20955.162.591145.455.6+297
Unoccupied private dwellings98444.937.41,09854.644.2-114
Non private dwellings0--0.10--0.20
Total dwellings2,193100.0100.02,010100.0100.0+183
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 1,881 separate houses in the area, 286 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Newhaven - Cape Woolamai in 2021 shows that 86.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 13.1% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 90.7%, 7.8%, and 0.5% in the Bass Coast Shire respectively.

In 2021, a total of 55.1% of the dwellings in Newhaven - Cape Woolamai were occupied on Census night, compared to 62.5% in Bass Coast Shire. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 44.9%, which is larger compared to that found in Bass Coast Shire (37.4%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Newhaven - Cape Woolamai increased by 183 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Newhaven - Cape Woolamai between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Medium density (+226 dwellings)

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