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Mornington Peninsula ShireCommunity profile

Dromana - Safety Beach

Dwelling type

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In Dromana - Safety Beach, 17.8% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 13% in Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Dromana - Safety 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 Dromana - Safety 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
Dromana - Safety Beach - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2016 to 2021
Separate house6,91680.086.66,30981.086.0+607
Medium density1,48117.112.31,26816.312.9+213
High density610.70.3520.70.2+9
Caravans, cabin, houseboat1401.60.51311.70.6+9
Other470.50.180.10.1+39
Not stated50.10.1200.30.2-15
Total Private Dwellings8,650100.0100.07,788100.0100.0+862
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
Dromana - Safety Beach20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings5,62965.073.74,49057.768.6+1,139
Unoccupied private dwellings3,02634.926.23,28542.231.3-259
Non private dwellings80.10.140.10.1+4
Total dwellings8,663100.0100.07,779100.0100.0+884
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 6,916 separate houses in the area, 1,481 medium density dwellings, and 61 high density dwellings. In addition, there were 140 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Dromana - Safety Beach in 2021 shows that 80.0% of all dwellings were separate houses; 17.1% were medium density dwellings, and 0.7% were in high density dwellings, compared with 86.6%, 12.3%, and 0.3% in the Mornington Peninsula Shire respectively.

In 2021, a total of 65.0% of the dwellings in Dromana - Safety Beach were occupied on Census night, compared to 73.7% in Mornington Peninsula Shire. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 34.9%, which is larger compared to that found in Mornington Peninsula Shire (26.2%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Dromana - Safety Beach increased by 884 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Dromana - Safety Beach between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+607 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+213 dwellings)

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