St Albans District
Dwelling type
In St Albans District, 21.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 18% in Sunshine North.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of St Albans 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 St Albans District.
If you're looking at this data to prepare a housing strategy, learn more here.
Derived from the Census:
'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
Dwellings
| Dwelling structure | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans District - Dwellings (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Sunshine North % | Number | % | Sunshine North % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Separate house | 14,483 | 78.0 | 81.6 | 14,086 | 79.1 | 85.0 | +397 | 27001 |
 Medium density | 3,933 | 21.2 | 17.6 | 3,562 | 20.0 | 14.0 | +371 | 27002 |
| High density | 57 | 0.3 | -- | 54 | 0.3 | -- | +3 | 27003 |
| Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 4 | 0.0 | -- | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +1 | 27004 |
| Other | 71 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 62 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +9 | 27005 |
| Not stated | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 38 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -15 | 27006 |
| Total Private Dwellings | 18,571 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 17,805 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +766 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
| Dwelling type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans District | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Sunshine North % | Number | % | Sunshine North % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Occupied private dwellings | 17,365 | 93.4 | 93.5 | 16,621 | 93.2 | 93.4 | +744 | 27500 |
| Unoccupied private dwellings | 1,209 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 1,207 | 6.8 | 6.4 | +2 | 27501 |
| Non private dwellings | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +1 | 27502 |
| Total dwellings | 18,586 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 17,839 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +747 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
In 2021, there were 14,483 separate houses in the area, 3,933 medium density dwellings, and 57 high density dwellings.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in St Albans District in 2021 shows that 78.0% of all dwellings were separate houses; 21.2% were medium density dwellings, and 0.3% were in high density dwellings, compared with 81.6%, 17.6%, and 0.0% in the Sunshine North respectively.
In 2021, a total of 93.4% of the dwellings in St Albans District were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.5% in Sunshine North. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 6.5%, which is similar compared to that found in Sunshine North (6.4%).
Emerging groups
The total number of dwellings in St Albans District increased by 747 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in St Albans District between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Separate house (+397 dwellings)
- Medium density (+371 dwellings)