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Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach

Dwelling type

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In Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach, 3.4% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 8% in Mount Eliza.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach'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 Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach.

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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
Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Mount Eliza %Number%Mount Eliza %2016 to 2021
Separate house11,55395.891.511,18594.591.0+368
Medium density4093.48.45594.78.7-150
High density0----50.00.0-5
Caravans, cabin, houseboat890.7--630.5--+26
Other30.0--130.10.1-10
Not stated0--0.1140.10.2-14
Total Private Dwellings12,054100.0100.011,839100.0100.0+215
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
Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Mount Eliza %Number%Mount Eliza %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings5,97049.593.75,12843.390.3+842
Unoccupied private dwellings6,08450.46.26,71056.69.6-626
Non private dwellings100.10.0110.10.1-1
Total dwellings12,064100.0100.011,849100.0100.0+215
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 11,553 separate houses in the area, 409 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach in 2021 shows that 95.8% of all dwellings were separate houses; 3.4% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 91.5%, 8.4%, and 0.0% in the Mount Eliza respectively.

In 2021, a total of 49.5% of the dwellings in Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.7% in Mount Eliza. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 50.4%, which is larger compared to that found in Mount Eliza (6.2%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach increased by 215 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+368 dwellings)
  • Medium density (-150 dwellings)

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