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In Bar Beach, 65.8% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 33% in the City of Newcastle.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Bar 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 Bar 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
Bar Beach - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Newcastle %Number%City of Newcastle %2016 to 2021
Separate house22234.266.123135.868.6-9
Medium density27241.923.225639.622.5+16
High density15523.910.015624.17.8-1
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.10--0.10
Other0--0.40--0.50
Not stated0--0.230.50.4-3
Total Private Dwellings649100.0100.0646100.0100.0+3
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
Dwelling type
Bar Beach20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Newcastle %Number%City of Newcastle %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings54783.492.356286.590.3-15
Unoccupied private dwellings10916.67.48813.59.4+21
Non private dwellings0--0.30--0.30
Total dwellings656100.0100.0650100.0100.0+6
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 222 separate houses in the area, 272 medium density dwellings, and 155 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Bar Beach in 2021 shows that 34.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 41.9% were medium density dwellings, and 23.9% were in high density dwellings, compared with 66.1%, 23.2%, and 10.0% in the the City of Newcastle respectively.

In 2021, a total of 83.4% of the dwellings in Bar Beach were occupied on Census night, compared to 92.3% in the City of Newcastle. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 16.6%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Newcastle (7.4%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Bar Beach increased by 6 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Bar Beach between 2016 and 2021.

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