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Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek

Dwelling type

In Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek, 5.7% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 23% in Penrith City.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek'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 Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek.

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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
Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Penrith City %Number%Penrith City %2016 to 2021
Separate house46194.376.350398.680.0-42
Medium density285.715.840.815.2+24
High density0--7.50--3.90
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.20--0.30
Other0--0.130.60.2-3
Not stated0--0.200.00.40
Total Private Dwellings489100.0100.0510100.0100.0-21
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
Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Penrith City %Number%Penrith City %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings47695.895.047495.594.3+1
Unoccupied private dwellings214.24.9224.55.6-2
Non private dwellings0--0.10--0.10
Total dwellings497100.0100.0497100.0100.00
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 461 separate houses in the area, 28 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek in 2021 shows that 94.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 5.7% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 76.3%, 15.8%, and 7.5% in the Penrith City respectively.

In 2021, a total of 95.8% of the dwellings in Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek were occupied on Census night, compared to 95.0% in Penrith City. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 4.2%, which is smaller compared to that found in Penrith City (4.9%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek remained stable 0 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Mount Vernon - Kemps Creek - Badgerys Creek between 2016 and 2021.

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