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Sunshine District

Dwelling type

In the Sunshine District, 24.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 19% in the City of Brimbank.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the Sunshine District'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 the Sunshine District.

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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
Sunshine District - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Brimbank %Number%City of Brimbank %2016 to 2021
Separate house14,19174.980.313,72576.281.1+466
Medium density4,42223.318.63,96522.017.9+457
High density2201.20.72051.10.5+15
Caravans, cabin, houseboat510.30.1220.10.0+29
Other450.20.2270.20.3+18
Not stated210.10.1590.30.2-38
Total Private Dwellings18,950100.0100.018,003100.0100.0+947
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
Sunshine District20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Brimbank %Number%City of Brimbank %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings17,37791.593.916,72292.793.6+655
Unoccupied private dwellings1,5928.46.01,2977.26.3+295
Non private dwellings270.10.1240.10.1+3
Total dwellings18,996100.0100.018,043100.0100.0+953
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 14,191 separate houses in the area, 4,422 medium density dwellings, and 220 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in the Sunshine District in 2021 shows that 74.9% of all dwellings were separate houses; 23.3% were medium density dwellings, and 1.2% were in high density dwellings, compared with 80.3%, 18.6%, and 0.7% in the the City of Brimbank respectively.

In 2021, a total of 91.5% of the dwellings in the Sunshine District were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.9% in the City of Brimbank. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 8.4%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Brimbank (6.0%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in the Sunshine District increased by 953 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in the Sunshine District between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+466 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+457 dwellings)

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