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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers, 2.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 1% in Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers'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 Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers.
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'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
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Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers - Dwellings (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Dwelling type | Number | % | Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat % | Number | % | Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat % | 2006 to 2021 |
Separate house | 2,910 | 96.8 | 99.2 | 2,571 | 98.4 | 98.1 | +339 |
Medium density | 60 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.2 | +35 |
High density | 4 | 0.1 | -- | 0 | -- | -- | +4 |
Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 27 | 0.9 | -- | 13 | 0.5 | 1.5 | +14 |
Other | 0 | -- | -- | 3 | 0.1 | -- | -3 |
Not stated | 4 | 0.1 | -- | 0 | -- | 0.2 | +4 |
Total Private Dwellings | 3,005 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,612 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +393 |
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Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers | 2021 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Dwelling type | Number | % | Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat % | Number | % | Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat % | 2006 to 2021 |
Occupied private dwellings | 2,050 | 68.3 | 70.2 | 1,521 | 58.2 | 68.1 | +528 |
Unoccupied private dwellings | 952 | 31.7 | 29.5 | 1,090 | 41.7 | 31.7 | -139 |
Non private dwellings | 0 | -- | 0.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -3 |
Total dwellings | 3,002 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,615 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +386 |
In 2021, there were 2,910 separate houses in the area, 60 medium density dwellings, and 4 high density dwellings.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers in 2021 shows that 96.8% of all dwellings were separate houses; 2.0% were medium density dwellings, and 0.1% were in high density dwellings, compared with 99.2%, 0.8%, and 0.0% in the Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat respectively.
In 2021, a total of 68.3% of the dwellings in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers were occupied on Census night, compared to 70.2% in Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 31.7%, which is larger compared to that found in Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat (29.5%).
The total number of dwellings in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers increased by 387 between 2006 and 2021.
The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers between 2006 and 2021 was:
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