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Benalla Rural CityCommunity profile

Benalla (North West)

Dwelling type

In Benalla (North West), 11.7% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 11% in Benalla Rural City.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Benalla (North West)'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 Benalla (North West).

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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
Benalla (North West) - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Benalla Rural City %Number%Benalla Rural City %2016 to 2021
Separate house86088.388.291795.690.2-57
Medium density11411.710.5414.36.9+73
High density0----0--1.40
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.90--0.60
Other0--0.20--0.30
Not stated0--0.300.10.6-1
Total Private Dwellings974100.0100.0958100.0100.0+15
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
Benalla (North West)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Benalla Rural City %Number%Benalla Rural City %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings87388.489.585890.588.4+14
Unoccupied private dwellings11111.210.2899.411.4+22
Non private dwellings30.30.200.10.2+3
Total dwellings987100.0100.0948100.0100.0+39
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 860 separate houses in the area, 114 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Benalla (North West) in 2021 shows that 88.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 11.7% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 88.2%, 10.5%, and 0.0% in the Benalla Rural City respectively.

In 2021, a total of 88.4% of the dwellings in Benalla (North West) were occupied on Census night, compared to 89.5% in Benalla Rural City. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 11.2%, which is larger compared to that found in Benalla Rural City (10.2%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Benalla (North West) increased by 39 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Benalla (North West) between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Medium density (+73 dwellings)
  • Separate house (-57 dwellings)

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