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Mount Morgan District

Dwelling type

In the Mount Morgan District, 2.2% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 12% in Rockhampton.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the Mount Morgan District'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 the Mount Morgan District.

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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 Morgan District - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Rockhampton %Number%Rockhampton %2016 to 2021
Separate house1,61395.786.01,43292.284.6+181
Medium density372.211.9412.612.0-4
High density0--0.50--0.60
Caravans, cabin, houseboat181.11.0563.61.8-38
Other80.50.2241.50.5-16
Not stated100.60.40--0.5+10
Total Private Dwellings1,686100.0100.01,553100.0100.0+133
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
Mount Morgan District20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Rockhampton %Number%Rockhampton %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,34679.889.71,34785.687.9-1
Unoccupied private dwellings33820.010.022414.211.7+114
Non private dwellings30.20.330.20.30
Total dwellings1,687100.0100.01,574100.0100.0+113
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 1,613 separate houses in the area, 37 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings. In addition, there were 18 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in the Mount Morgan District in 2021 shows that 95.7% of all dwellings were separate houses; 2.2% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 86.0%, 11.9%, and 0.5% in the Rockhampton respectively.

In 2021, a total of 79.8% of the dwellings in the Mount Morgan District were occupied on Census night, compared to 89.7% in Rockhampton. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 20.0%, which is larger compared to that found in Rockhampton (10.0%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in the Mount Morgan District increased by 113 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in the Mount Morgan District between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+181 dwellings)

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