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Mornington Peninsula ShireCommunity profile

Moorooduc - Tuerong

Dwelling type

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In Moorooduc - Tuerong, 0.8% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 13% in Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Moorooduc - Tuerong'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 Moorooduc - Tuerong.

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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
Moorooduc - Tuerong - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2016 to 2021
Separate house51899.286.650699.486.0+12
Medium density40.812.30--12.9+4
High density0--0.30--0.20
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.50--0.60
Other0--0.10--0.10
Not stated0--0.130.60.2-3
Total Private Dwellings522100.0100.0509100.0100.0+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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Dwelling type
Moorooduc - Tuerong20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings47990.973.747791.268.6+2
Unoccupied private dwellings489.126.2468.831.3+2
Non private dwellings0--0.10--0.10
Total dwellings527100.0100.0523100.0100.0+4
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 518 separate houses in the area, 4 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Moorooduc - Tuerong in 2021 shows that 99.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 0.8% were medium density dwellings, and 0% 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 90.9% of the dwellings in Moorooduc - Tuerong were occupied on Census night, compared to 73.7% in Mornington Peninsula Shire. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 9.1%, which is smaller compared to that found in Mornington Peninsula Shire (26.2%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Moorooduc - Tuerong increased by 4 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Moorooduc - Tuerong between 2016 and 2021.

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