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Cooee Bay & Taranganba

Dwelling type

In Cooee Bay & Taranganba, 16.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 9% in Lammermoor.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Cooee Bay & Taranganba'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 Cooee Bay & Taranganba.

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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
Cooee Bay & Taranganba - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212001Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Lammermoor %Number%Lammermoor %2001 to 2021
Separate house1,24279.090.81,03284.077.4+209
Medium density24815.86.814511.810.4+102
High density60.42.560.64.7-1
Caravans, cabin, houseboat382.4--363.05.4+2
Other0----10.10.8-2
Not stated392.5--50.51.2+33
Total Private Dwellings1,573100.0100.01,229100.0100.0+344
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Cooee Bay & Taranganba20212001Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Lammermoor %Number%Lammermoor %2001 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,37387.786.51,05686.380.7+317
Unoccupied private dwellings19012.113.016513.518.8+25
Non private dwellings30.20.530.20.60
Total dwellings1,566100.0100.01,224100.0100.0+341
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 1,242 separate houses in the area, 248 medium density dwellings, and 6 high density dwellings. In addition, there were 38 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Cooee Bay & Taranganba in 2021 shows that 79.0% of all dwellings were separate houses; 15.8% were medium density dwellings, and 0.4% were in high density dwellings, compared with 90.8%, 6.8%, and 2.5% in the Lammermoor respectively.

In 2021, a total of 87.7% of the dwellings in Cooee Bay & Taranganba were occupied on Census night, compared to 86.5% in Lammermoor. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 12.1%, which is smaller compared to that found in Lammermoor (13.0%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Cooee Bay & Taranganba increased by 342 between 2001 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Cooee Bay & Taranganba between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+209 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+102 dwellings)

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