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Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay

Dwelling type

In Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay, 18.6% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 16% in Eurobodalla Shire.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay'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 Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay.

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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
Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay - Dwellings (Enumerated)20211996Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Eurobodalla Shire %Number%Eurobodalla Shire %1996 to 2021
Separate house1,69380.381.71,03579.477.8+657
Medium density39218.614.915612.013.4+236
High density0--0.80--0.80
Caravans, cabin, houseboat110.52.0493.83.5-38
Other40.20.370.50.7-3
Not stated80.40.3554.33.8-48
Total Private Dwellings2,108100.0100.01,303100.0100.0+805
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay20211996Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Eurobodalla Shire %Number%Eurobodalla Shire %1996 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,49270.974.482363.367.4+669
Unoccupied private dwellings61229.125.347636.732.3+136
Non private dwellings0--0.30--0.30
Total dwellings2,104100.0100.01,299100.0100.0+804
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 1,693 separate houses in the area, 392 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay in 2021 shows that 80.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 18.6% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 81.7%, 14.9%, and 0.8% in the Eurobodalla Shire respectively.

In 2021, a total of 70.9% of the dwellings in Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay were occupied on Census night, compared to 74.4% in Eurobodalla Shire. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 29.1%, which is larger compared to that found in Eurobodalla Shire (25.3%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay increased by 805 between 1996 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Surfside - Long Beach - Maloneys Beach - North Batemans Bay between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+657 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+236 dwellings)

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