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Aberfoyle Park

Dwelling type

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In Aberfoyle Park, 5.8% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 11% in the City of Onkaparinga.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Aberfoyle Park'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 Aberfoyle Park.

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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
Aberfoyle Park - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212001Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2001 to 2021
Separate house4,12694.188.03,75593.189.2+371
Medium density2555.811.02596.49.3-4
High density0--0.20--0.10
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.620.10.8-3
Other0--0.00--0.10
Not stated30.10.1180.40.4-15
Total Private Dwellings4,384100.0100.04,035100.0100.0+349
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Aberfoyle Park20212001Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2001 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings4,22796.493.43,91697.094.0+310
Unoccupied private dwellings1593.66.51132.85.9+46
Non private dwellings0--0.160.10.1-6
Total dwellings4,386100.0100.04,036100.0100.0+350
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 4,126 separate houses in the area, 255 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Aberfoyle Park in 2021 shows that 94.1% of all dwellings were separate houses; 5.8% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 88.0%, 11.0%, and 0.2% in the the City of Onkaparinga respectively.

In 2021, a total of 96.4% of the dwellings in Aberfoyle Park were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.4% in the City of Onkaparinga. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 3.6%, which is smaller compared to that found in the City of Onkaparinga (6.5%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Aberfoyle Park increased by 350 between 2001 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Aberfoyle Park between 2001 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+371 dwellings)

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