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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Allawah, 81.9% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 49% in Georges River Council area.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Allawah'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 Allawah.
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Derived from the Census:
'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
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| Allawah - Dwellings (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Georges River Council area % | Number | % | Georges River Council area % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Separate house | 391 | 17.1 | 49.7 | 377 | 17.0 | 53.2 | +13 |
| Medium density | 183 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 179 | 8.0 | 16.3 | +4 |
| High density | 1,687 | 73.9 | 33.4 | 1,656 | 74.4 | 29.5 | +31 |
| Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 |
| Other | 23 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +14 |
| Not stated | 0 | -- | 0.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -3 |
| Total Private Dwellings | 2,284 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,224 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +59 |
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| Allawah | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Georges River Council area % | Number | % | Georges River Council area % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Occupied private dwellings | 2,115 | 92.5 | 93.0 | 2,111 | 94.3 | 93.8 | +3 |
| Unoccupied private dwellings | 172 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 127 | 5.7 | 6.1 | +45 |
| Non private dwellings | 0 | -- | 0.1 | 0 | -- | 0.1 | 0 |
| Total dwellings | 2,287 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,239 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +48 |
Dominant groups
In 2021, there were 391 separate houses in the area, 183 medium density dwellings, and 1,687 high density dwellings.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Allawah in 2021 shows that 17.1% of all dwellings were separate houses; 8.0% were medium density dwellings, and 73.9% were in high density dwellings, compared with 49.7%, 16.0%, and 33.4% in the Georges River Council area respectively.
In 2021, a total of 92.5% of the dwellings in Allawah were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.0% in Georges River Council area. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 7.5%, which is larger compared to that found in Georges River Council area (7.0%).
Emerging groups
The total number of dwellings in Allawah increased by 48 between 2016 and 2021.
There were no major differences in Allawah between 2016 and 2021.
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