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Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds

Dwelling type

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In Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds, 12.6% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 9% in Sussex Inlet - Cudmirrah and Surrounds.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds'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 Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds.

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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
Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Sussex Inlet - Cudmirrah and Surrounds %Number%Sussex Inlet - Cudmirrah and Surrounds %2016 to 2021
Separate house3,12586.885.42,91186.186.2+214
Medium density42011.79.239811.85.3+22
High density320.9--310.90.8+1
Caravans, cabin, houseboat170.53.190.37.1+8
Other30.10.1290.90.3-26
Not stated30.12.240.10.3-1
Total Private Dwellings3,600100.0100.03,382100.0100.0+218
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
Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Sussex Inlet - Cudmirrah and Surrounds %Number%Sussex Inlet - Cudmirrah and Surrounds %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings2,35765.265.52,12362.364.1+234
Unoccupied private dwellings1,24834.534.31,26837.235.6-20
Non private dwellings120.30.3150.40.2-3
Total dwellings3,617100.0100.03,406100.0100.0+211
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 3,125 separate houses in the area, 420 medium density dwellings, and 32 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds in 2021 shows that 86.8% of all dwellings were separate houses; 11.7% were medium density dwellings, and 0.9% were in high density dwellings, compared with 85.4%, 9.2%, and 0.0% in the Sussex Inlet - Cudmirrah and Surrounds respectively.

In 2021, a total of 65.2% of the dwellings in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds were occupied on Census night, compared to 65.5% in Sussex Inlet - Cudmirrah and Surrounds. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 34.5%, which is larger compared to that found in Sussex Inlet - Cudmirrah and Surrounds (34.3%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds increased by 211 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+214 dwellings)

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