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Mount Barker District Council

Dwelling type

In the Mount Barker District Council, 5.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 26% in Greater Adelaide.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the Mount Barker District Council'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 the Mount Barker District Council.

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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
Mount Barker District Council - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2016 to 2021
Separate house15,00793.673.312,71794.073.1+2,290
Medium density8815.523.16664.923.9+215
High density0--3.00--2.30
Caravans, cabin, houseboat960.60.2810.60.2+15
Other90.10.1260.20.2-17
Not stated370.20.2360.30.3+1
Total Private Dwellings16,030100.0100.013,526100.0100.0+2,504
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
Mount Barker District Council20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings15,05593.793.212,61693.291.5+2,439
Unoccupied private dwellings9826.16.79096.78.4+73
Non private dwellings230.10.1180.10.1+5
Total dwellings16,060100.0100.013,543100.0100.0+2,517
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 15,007 separate houses in the area, 881 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in the Mount Barker District Council in 2021 shows that 93.6% of all dwellings were separate houses; 5.5% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 73.3%, 23.1%, and 3.0% in the Greater Adelaide respectively.

In 2021, a total of 93.7% of the dwellings in the Mount Barker District Council were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.2% in Greater Adelaide. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 6.1%, which is smaller compared to that found in Greater Adelaide (6.7%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in the Mount Barker District Council increased by 2,517 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in the Mount Barker District Council between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+2,290 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+215 dwellings)

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