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Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area

Dwelling type

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In Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area, 97.4% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 99% in Sydney.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area'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 Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area.

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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
Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area - Dwellings (Enumerated)20211991Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Sydney %Number%Sydney %1991 to 2021
Separate house1561.30.1680.90.9+88
Medium density4,25934.90.93,83348.8--+426
High density7,64862.697.93,60645.996.4+4,042
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0--0.40
Other1020.80.41221.60.8-20
Not stated550.50.62252.91.6-171
Total Private Dwellings12,220100.0100.07,856100.0100.0+4,364
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
Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area20211991Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Sydney %Number%Sydney %1991 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings10,62186.175.17,16990.571.0+3,452
Unoccupied private dwellings1,59913.024.46918.726.1+907
Non private dwellings1160.90.5620.82.9+54
Total dwellings12,336100.0100.07,923100.0100.0+4,413
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 156 separate houses in the area, 4,259 medium density dwellings, and 7,648 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area in 2021 shows that 1.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 34.9% were medium density dwellings, and 62.6% were in high density dwellings, compared with 0.1%, 0.9%, and 97.9% in the Sydney respectively.

In 2021, a total of 86.1% of the dwellings in Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area were occupied on Census night, compared to 75.1% in Sydney. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 13.0%, which is smaller compared to that found in Sydney (24.4%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area increased by 4,413 between 1991 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+4,042 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+426 dwellings)
  • Separate house (+88 dwellings)

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