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Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo Village Area

Dwelling type

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In Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo Village Area, 98.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 97% in the City of Sydney.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo 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 Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo 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
Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo Village Area - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Sydney %Number%City of Sydney %2016 to 2021
Separate house430.31.9350.31.9+8
Medium density1,48411.219.91,35310.521.8+130
High density11,60587.377.111,25187.574.6+354
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0--0.00
Other840.60.61521.21.1-68
Not stated730.50.4600.50.7+13
Total Private Dwellings13,289100.0100.012,852100.0100.0+437
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
Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo Village Area20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Sydney %Number%City of Sydney %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings10,73980.484.411,18185.989.1-443
Unoccupied private dwellings2,56319.215.11,78513.710.4+777
Non private dwellings540.40.5520.40.5+2
Total dwellings13,356100.0100.013,019100.0100.0+336
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 43 separate houses in the area, 1,484 medium density dwellings, and 11,605 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo Village Area in 2021 shows that 0.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 11.2% were medium density dwellings, and 87.3% were in high density dwellings, compared with 1.9%, 19.9%, and 77.1% in the the City of Sydney respectively.

In 2021, a total of 80.4% of the dwellings in Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo Village Area were occupied on Census night, compared to 84.4% in the City of Sydney. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 19.2%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Sydney (15.1%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo Village Area increased by 337 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Macleay Street and Woolloomooloo Village Area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+354 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+130 dwellings)
  • Other (-68 dwellings)

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