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Wagait Shire LGA

Dwelling type

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In Wagait Shire LGA, 0.0% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 29% in the RDA Northern Territory.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Wagait Shire LGA'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 Wagait Shire LGA.

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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
Wagait Shire LGA - Dwellings (Enumerated)20211991Change
Dwelling typeNumber%RDA Northern Territory %Number%RDA Northern Territory %1991 to 2021
Separate house28496.660.56082.260.9+224
Medium density0--18.60--19.10
High density0--10.60--3.40
Caravans, cabin, houseboat103.46.9912.311.1+1
Other0--1.20--3.50
Not stated0--2.245.52.0-4
Total Private Dwellings294100.0100.073100.0100.0+221
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Wagait Shire LGA20211991Change
Dwelling typeNumber%RDA Northern Territory %Number%RDA Northern Territory %1991 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings19767.788.53648.093.5+161
Unoccupied private dwellings8930.610.83952.05.7+50
Non private dwellings51.70.70--0.7+5
Total dwellings291100.0100.075100.0100.0+216
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 284 separate houses in the area, no medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings. In addition, there were 10 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Wagait Shire LGA in 2021 shows that 96.6% of all dwellings were separate houses; 0% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 60.5%, 18.6%, and 10.6% in the the RDA Northern Territory respectively.

In 2021, a total of 67.7% of the dwellings in Wagait Shire LGA were occupied on Census night, compared to 88.5% in the RDA Northern Territory. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 30.6%, which is larger compared to that found in the RDA Northern Territory (10.8%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Wagait Shire LGA increased by 216 between 1991 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Wagait Shire LGA between 1991 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+224 dwellings)

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