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Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs

Dwelling type

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In Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs, 15.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 12% in Seaford Meadows.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs'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 Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs.

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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
Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Seaford Meadows %Number%Seaford Meadows %2016 to 2021
Separate house1,62784.788.21,43680.888.0+191
Medium density23812.411.532218.111.7-84
High density522.7--191.1--+33
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0----0
Other0----0----0
Not stated40.20.30--0.3+4
Total Private Dwellings1,921100.0100.01,777100.0100.0+144
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
Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Seaford Meadows %Number%Seaford Meadows %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,82194.796.41,67293.393.1+149
Unoccupied private dwellings1025.33.61176.56.9-15
Non private dwellings0----40.2---4
Total dwellings1,923100.0100.01,793100.0100.0+130
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 1,627 separate houses in the area, 238 medium density dwellings, and 52 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs in 2021 shows that 84.7% of all dwellings were separate houses; 12.4% were medium density dwellings, and 2.7% were in high density dwellings, compared with 88.2%, 11.5%, and 0.0% in the Seaford Meadows respectively.

In 2021, a total of 94.7% of the dwellings in Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs were occupied on Census night, compared to 96.4% in Seaford Meadows. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 5.3%, which is larger compared to that found in Seaford Meadows (3.6%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs increased by 130 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+191 dwellings)
  • Medium density (-84 dwellings)

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