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Upper Ferntree Gully

Dwelling type

In Upper Ferntree Gully, 3.7% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 12% in Rowville (North).

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Upper Ferntree Gully'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 Upper Ferntree Gully.

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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
Upper Ferntree Gully - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Rowville (North) %Number%Rowville (North) %2016 to 2021
Separate house91996.088.189094.187.2+28
Medium density242.511.7525.512.4-28
High density111.1--0--0.1+11
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0----0
Other0--0.110.20.1-2
Not stated30.3--10.20.1+1
Total Private Dwellings957100.0100.0946100.0100.0+10
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
Upper Ferntree Gully20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Rowville (North) %Number%Rowville (North) %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings92294.897.388793.894.0+35
Unoccupied private dwellings464.72.7576.16.0-12
Non private dwellings50.5--10.1--+4
Total dwellings973100.0100.0946100.0100.0+27
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 919 separate houses in the area, 24 medium density dwellings, and 11 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Upper Ferntree Gully in 2021 shows that 96.0% of all dwellings were separate houses; 2.5% were medium density dwellings, and 1.1% were in high density dwellings, compared with 88.1%, 11.7%, and 0.0% in the Rowville (North) respectively.

In 2021, a total of 94.8% of the dwellings in Upper Ferntree Gully were occupied on Census night, compared to 97.3% in Rowville (North). The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 4.7%, which is larger compared to that found in Rowville (North) (2.7%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Upper Ferntree Gully increased by 27 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Upper Ferntree Gully between 2016 and 2021.

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