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Bass Hill - Lansdowne

Dwelling type

In Bass Hill - Lansdowne, 29.0% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 14% in Georges Hall.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Bass Hill - Lansdowne'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 Bass Hill - Lansdowne.

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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
Bass Hill - Lansdowne - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Georges Hall %Number%Georges Hall %2016 to 2021
Separate house2,26070.385.42,13070.986.3+130
Medium density88727.613.782827.513.4+59
High density471.50.4190.6--+28
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----40.1---4
Other170.50.4150.50.2+2
Not stated50.2--100.30.2-5
Total Private Dwellings3,216100.0100.03,006100.0100.0+210
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
Bass Hill - Lansdowne20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Georges Hall %Number%Georges Hall %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings3,01493.596.42,76991.894.9+245
Unoccupied private dwellings2016.23.52377.95.0-36
Non private dwellings70.20.190.30.1-2
Total dwellings3,222100.0100.03,015100.0100.0+207
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 2,260 separate houses in the area, 887 medium density dwellings, and 47 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Bass Hill - Lansdowne in 2021 shows that 70.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 27.6% were medium density dwellings, and 1.5% were in high density dwellings, compared with 85.4%, 13.7%, and 0.4% in the Georges Hall respectively.

In 2021, a total of 93.5% of the dwellings in Bass Hill - Lansdowne were occupied on Census night, compared to 96.4% in Georges Hall. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 6.2%, which is larger compared to that found in Georges Hall (3.5%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Bass Hill - Lansdowne increased by 207 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Bass Hill - Lansdowne between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+130 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+59 dwellings)

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