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Ilkley - Eudlo and District

Dwelling type

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In Ilkley - Eudlo and District, 3.8% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 29% in Sunshine Coast.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Ilkley - Eudlo and 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 Ilkley - Eudlo and 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
Ilkley - Eudlo and District - Dwellings (Enumerated)20211991Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Sunshine Coast %Number%Sunshine Coast %1991 to 2021
Separate house1,65695.469.465891.872.1+997
Medium density663.818.081.113.3+58
High density0--10.70--8.80
Caravans, cabin, houseboat40.21.3294.14.7-26
Other90.50.2142.00.7-6
Not stated0--0.460.90.5-7
Total Private Dwellings1,735100.0100.0717100.0100.0+1,018
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
Ilkley - Eudlo and District20211991Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Sunshine Coast %Number%Sunshine Coast %1991 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,62292.690.966692.585.7+956
Unoccupied private dwellings1257.18.8527.314.1+72
Non private dwellings40.20.210.20.2+3
Total dwellings1,751100.0100.0720100.0100.0+1,031
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 1,656 separate houses in the area, 66 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Ilkley - Eudlo and District in 2021 shows that 95.4% of all dwellings were separate houses; 3.8% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 69.4%, 18.0%, and 10.7% in the Sunshine Coast respectively.

In 2021, a total of 92.6% of the dwellings in Ilkley - Eudlo and District were occupied on Census night, compared to 90.9% in Sunshine Coast. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 7.1%, which is smaller compared to that found in Sunshine Coast (8.8%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Ilkley - Eudlo and District increased by 1,031 between 1991 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Ilkley - Eudlo and District between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+997 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+58 dwellings)

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