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Rural City of Murray BridgeCommunity profile

Rural City of Murray Bridge

Dwelling type

In the Rural City of Murray Bridge, 10.9% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 26% in Greater Adelaide.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the Rural City of Murray Bridge'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 Rural City of Murray Bridge.

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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
Rural City of Murray Bridge - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2016 to 2021
Separate house8,84687.273.38,28286.073.1+564
Medium density1,10910.923.11,10111.423.9+8
High density0--3.00--2.30
Caravans, cabin, houseboat1231.20.21451.50.2-22
Other290.30.1370.40.2-8
Not stated420.40.2700.70.3-28
Total Private Dwellings10,149100.0100.09,635100.0100.0+514
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
Rural City of Murray Bridge20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings8,93187.993.28,40186.991.5+530
Unoccupied private dwellings1,21512.06.71,24512.98.4-30
Non private dwellings150.10.1170.20.1-2
Total dwellings10,161100.0100.09,663100.0100.0+498
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 8,846 separate houses in the area, 1,109 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings. In addition, there were 123 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in the Rural City of Murray Bridge in 2021 shows that 87.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 10.9% 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 87.9% of the dwellings in the Rural City of Murray Bridge were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.2% in Greater Adelaide. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 12.0%, which is larger compared to that found in Greater Adelaide (6.7%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in the Rural City of Murray Bridge increased by 498 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in the Rural City of Murray Bridge between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+564 dwellings)

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