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Rockhampton Regional CouncilCommunity profile

Rockhampton

Dwelling type

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In Rockhampton Regional Council 11.3% of people reporting a need for assistance were in medium or high density dwellings.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Rockhampton Regional Council's residential role and function. For people with a disability, housing type can indicate the location where this community lives. It can also indicate the level of assistance with access to housing and transport required by the community.

Dwelling Type statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Household Type, Housing Tenure and Age Structure for a more complete picture of the housing market for people with a disability in Rockhampton Regional Council.

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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
Rockhampton Regional Council - Need for assistance20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Regional QLDNumber%Regional QLD2016 to 2021
Separate house4,69687.678.33,56285.877.6+1,134
Medium density59211.015.248811.815.2+104
High density110.24.0120.33.5-1
Caravans, cabin, houseboat340.61.6651.62.6-31
Other60.10.260.10.30
Not stated190.40.6190.50.90
Total people counted in occupied private dwellings5,358100.0100.04,152100.0100.0+1,206
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
Rockhampton Regional Council - Need for assistance20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Regional QLDNumber%Regional QLD2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings5,35885.888.74,15282.286.3+1,206
Non private dwellings89014.211.390117.813.7-11
Total people counted in occupied dwellings6,248100.0100.05,053100.0100.0+1,195
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

Analysis of the types of dwellings for people reporting a need for assistance in Rockhampton Regional Council in 2021 shows that 87.6% of people with a need for assistance were in separate houses; 11.0% were medium density dwellings, and 0.2% were high density dwellings, compared with 78.3%, 15.2%, and 4.0% in the Regional QLD respectively.

Emerging groups

The total number of people reporting a need for assistance in dwellings in Rockhampton Regional Council increased by 1,195 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings for people reporting a need for assistance in Rockhampton between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+1,134 persons)
  • Medium density (+104 persons)

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