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Bay Street Activity Centre

Dwelling type

In Bay Street Activity Centre, 76.3% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 43% in Black Rock.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Bay Street Activity Centre'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 Bay Street Activity Centre.

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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
Bay Street Activity Centre - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Black Rock %Number%Black Rock %2016 to 2021
Separate house32222.554.947636.955.1-155
Medium density31722.241.627621.442.2+40
High density77254.11.753041.11.4+241
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0----0
Other120.81.860.50.9+6
Not stated50.4--00.10.4+4
Total Private Dwellings1,428100.0100.01,291100.0100.0+137
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
Dwelling type
Bay Street Activity Centre20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Black Rock %Number%Black Rock %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,20284.292.51,09783.290.3+104
Unoccupied private dwellings22215.67.521716.59.7+5
Non private dwellings30.2--40.4---2
Total dwellings1,427100.0100.01,319100.0100.0+107
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 322 separate houses in the area, 317 medium density dwellings, and 772 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Bay Street Activity Centre in 2021 shows that 22.5% of all dwellings were separate houses; 22.2% were medium density dwellings, and 54.1% were in high density dwellings, compared with 54.9%, 41.6%, and 1.7% in the Black Rock respectively.

In 2021, a total of 84.2% of the dwellings in Bay Street Activity Centre were occupied on Census night, compared to 92.5% in Black Rock. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 15.6%, which is larger compared to that found in Black Rock (7.5%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Bay Street Activity Centre increased by 108 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Bay Street Activity Centre between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+241 dwellings)
  • Separate house (-155 dwellings)

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