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Frankston City

Dwelling type

In Frankston City, 20.7% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 34% in Greater Melbourne.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Frankston City'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 Frankston City.

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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
Frankston City - Dwellings (Enumerated)20211996Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %1996 to 2021
Separate house46,08878.465.134,00782.874.2+12,081
Medium density11,72420.021.65,41013.218.1+6,314
High density4440.812.8750.24.5+369
Caravans, cabin, houseboat3790.60.14211.00.3-42
Other700.10.3580.10.5+12
Not stated600.10.11,1212.72.5-1,061
Total Private Dwellings58,765100.0100.041,092100.0100.0+17,673
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
Frankston City20211996Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %1996 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings55,49094.290.238,44593.692.0+17,045
Unoccupied private dwellings3,2805.69.62,6036.37.9+677
Non private dwellings1180.20.1450.10.2+73
Total dwellings58,888100.0100.041,093100.0100.0+17,795
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 46,088 separate houses in the area, 11,724 medium density dwellings, and 444 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Frankston City in 2021 shows that 78.4% of all dwellings were separate houses; 20.0% were medium density dwellings, and 0.8% were in high density dwellings, compared with 65.1%, 21.6%, and 12.8% in the Greater Melbourne respectively.

In 2021, a total of 94.2% of the dwellings in Frankston City were occupied on Census night, compared to 90.2% in Greater Melbourne. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 5.6%, which is smaller compared to that found in Greater Melbourne (9.6%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Frankston City increased by 17,795 between 1996 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Frankston City between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+12,081 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+6,314 dwellings)
  • High density (+369 dwellings)

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