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Maryville - Wickham

Dwelling type

In Maryville - Wickham, 61.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 33% in the City of Newcastle.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Maryville - Wickham'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 Maryville - Wickham.

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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
Maryville - Wickham - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Newcastle %Number%City of Newcastle %2016 to 2021
Separate house65137.366.164647.868.6+5
Medium density64136.823.252538.822.5+116
High density42524.410.01198.87.8+306
Caravans, cabin, houseboat211.20.1352.60.1-14
Other30.20.4100.70.5-7
Not stated30.20.2171.30.4-14
Total Private Dwellings1,744100.0100.01,352100.0100.0+392
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
Maryville - Wickham20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Newcastle %Number%City of Newcastle %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,56388.992.31,19087.890.3+373
Unoccupied private dwellings19210.97.416612.29.4+26
Non private dwellings30.20.30--0.3+3
Total dwellings1,758100.0100.01,356100.0100.0+402
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 651 separate houses in the area, 641 medium density dwellings, and 425 high density dwellings. In addition, there were 21 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Maryville - Wickham in 2021 shows that 37.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 36.8% were medium density dwellings, and 24.4% 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 88.9% of the dwellings in Maryville - Wickham were occupied on Census night, compared to 92.3% in the City of Newcastle. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 10.9%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Newcastle (7.4%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Maryville - Wickham increased by 402 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Maryville - Wickham between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+306 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+116 dwellings)

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