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Aldinga - Port Willunga

Dwelling type

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In Aldinga - Port Willunga, 8.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 11% in the City of Onkaparinga.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Aldinga - Port Willunga'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 Aldinga - Port Willunga.

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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
Aldinga - Port Willunga - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2016 to 2021
Separate house1,23986.688.01,15488.688.1+85
Medium density1228.511.01007.710.9+22
High density0--0.20--0.20
Caravans, cabin, houseboat563.90.6151.20.5+41
Other0--0.00--0.10
Not stated130.90.1342.60.2-21
Total Private Dwellings1,430100.0100.01,303100.0100.0+127
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
Aldinga - Port Willunga20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,10977.493.496373.791.7+146
Unoccupied private dwellings32422.66.534326.38.2-19
Non private dwellings0--0.10--0.10
Total dwellings1,433100.0100.01,306100.0100.0+127
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 1,239 separate houses in the area, 122 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings. In addition, there were 56 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Aldinga - Port Willunga in 2021 shows that 86.6% of all dwellings were separate houses; 8.5% 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 77.4% of the dwellings in Aldinga - Port Willunga were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.4% in the City of Onkaparinga. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 22.6%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Onkaparinga (6.5%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Aldinga - Port Willunga increased by 127 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Aldinga - Port Willunga between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+85 dwellings)

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