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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 11% in Livingstone Shire Council area.

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)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Livingstone Shire Council area %Number%Livingstone Shire Council area %2016 to 2021
Separate house1,24279.082.71,22278.181.6+20
Medium density24815.88.825416.29.4-6
High density60.42.350.31.7+1
Caravans, cabin, houseboat382.44.6724.65.5-34
Other0--0.30--0.80
Not stated392.51.2110.71.0+28
Total Private Dwellings1,573100.0100.01,564100.0100.0+9
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
Cooee Bay & Taranganba20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Livingstone Shire Council area %Number%Livingstone Shire Council area %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,37387.787.41,32784.085.4+46
Unoccupied private dwellings19012.112.424615.614.3-56
Non private dwellings30.20.360.40.3-3
Total dwellings1,566100.0100.01,579100.0100.0-13
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 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 82.7%, 8.8%, and 2.3% in the Livingstone Shire Council area respectively.

In 2021, a total of 87.7% of the dwellings in Cooee Bay & Taranganba were occupied on Census night, compared to 87.4% in Livingstone Shire Council area. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 12.1%, which is smaller compared to that found in Livingstone Shire Council area (12.4%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Cooee Bay & Taranganba decreased by 13 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Cooee Bay & Taranganba between 2016 and 2021.

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