Tuggerah - Mardi
Dwelling type
In Tuggerah - Mardi, 18.4% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 5% in San Remo - Budgewoi District.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Tuggerah - Mardi'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 Tuggerah - Mardi.
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Derived from the Census:
'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
Dwellings
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| Tuggerah - Mardi - Dwellings (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | San Remo - Budgewoi District % | Number | % | San Remo - Budgewoi District % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Separate house | 1,813 | 81.2 | 93.9 | 1,534 | 77.7 | 91.6 | +279 | 27001 |
 Medium density | 412 | 18.4 | 4.3 | 441 | 22.3 | 3.4 | -29 | 27002 |
| High density | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 27003 |
| Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0 | 27004 |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 27005 |
| Not stated | 9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 | 27006 |
| Total Private Dwellings | 2,234 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,975 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +259 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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| Tuggerah - Mardi | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | San Remo - Budgewoi District % | Number | % | San Remo - Budgewoi District % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Occupied private dwellings | 2,107 | 94.4 | 92.9 | 1,799 | 90.9 | 89.1 | +307 | 27500 |
| Unoccupied private dwellings | 121 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 173 | 8.8 | 10.9 | -53 | 27501 |
| Non private dwellings | 3 | 0.1 | -- | 6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -3 | 27502 |
| Total dwellings | 2,231 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,979 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +251 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups
In 2021, there were 1,813 separate houses in the area, 412 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Tuggerah - Mardi in 2021 shows that 81.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 18.4% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 93.9%, 4.3%, and 0.2% in the San Remo - Budgewoi District respectively.
In 2021, a total of 94.4% of the dwellings in Tuggerah - Mardi were occupied on Census night, compared to 92.9% in San Remo - Budgewoi District. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 5.4%, which is smaller compared to that found in San Remo - Budgewoi District (7.1%).
Emerging groups
The total number of dwellings in Tuggerah - Mardi increased by 252 between 2006 and 2021.
The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Tuggerah - Mardi between 2006 and 2021 was:
- Separate house (+279 dwellings)