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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Sydney 93.6% of people reporting a need for assistance were in medium or high density dwellings.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the City of Sydney'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 the City of Sydney.
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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 | |||||||
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| City of Sydney - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Greater Sydney | Number | % | Greater Sydney | 2016 to 2021 |
| Separate house | 292 | 5.6 | 68.7 | 242 | 5.6 | 68.7 | +50 |
| Medium density | 1,638 | 31.5 | 18.4 | 1,448 | 33.5 | 19.2 | +190 |
| High density | 3,226 | 62.1 | 12.4 | 2,593 | 59.9 | 11.2 | +633 |
| Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 0 | -- | 0.1 | 0 | -- | 0.2 | 0 |
| Other | 27 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +5 |
| Not stated | 13 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -9 |
| Total people counted in occupied private dwellings | 5,196 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,327 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +869 |
| Dwelling type | |||||||
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| City of Sydney - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Greater Sydney | Number | % | Greater Sydney | 2016 to 2021 |
| Occupied private dwellings | 5,196 | 88.7 | 91.5 | 4,327 | 82.2 | 84.8 | +869 |
| Non private dwellings | 659 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 936 | 17.8 | 15.2 | -277 |
| Total people counted in occupied dwellings | 5,855 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,263 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +592 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the types of dwellings for people reporting a need for assistance in the City of Sydney in 2021 shows that 5.6% of people with a need for assistance were in separate houses; 31.5% were medium density dwellings, and 62.1% were high density dwellings, compared with 68.7%, 18.4%, and 12.4% in the Greater Sydney respectively.
Emerging groups
The total number of people reporting a need for assistance in dwellings in the City of Sydney increased by 592 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the type of dwellings for people reporting a need for assistance in the City of Sydney between 2016 and 2021 were:
- High density (+633 persons)
- Medium density (+190 persons)
- Separate house (+50 persons)
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