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The Hills Shire CouncilCommunity profile

The Hills Shire

Dwelling type

In The Hills Shire, 20.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 46% in Greater Sydney.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of The Hills Shire'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 The Hills Shire.

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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
The Hills Shire - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2016 to 2021
Separate house51,01379.653.442,20981.555.0+8,804
Medium density6,93110.818.86,88813.320.3+43
High density5,9599.327.12,3604.623.5+3,599
Caravans, cabin, houseboat70.00.1520.10.2-45
Other170.00.4410.10.5-24
Not stated1240.20.22330.50.4-109
Total Private Dwellings64,051100.0100.051,783100.0100.0+12,268
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Dwelling type
The Hills Shire20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings61,02895.291.949,05694.692.5+11,972
Unoccupied private dwellings3,0174.77.92,7235.37.3+294
Non private dwellings400.10.1520.10.2-12
Total dwellings64,085100.0100.051,831100.0100.0+12,254
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 51,013 separate houses in the area, 6,931 medium density dwellings, and 5,959 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in The Hills Shire in 2021 shows that 79.6% of all dwellings were separate houses; 10.8% were medium density dwellings, and 9.3% were in high density dwellings, compared with 53.4%, 18.8%, and 27.1% in the Greater Sydney respectively.

In 2021, a total of 95.2% of the dwellings in The Hills Shire were occupied on Census night, compared to 91.9% in Greater Sydney. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 4.7%, which is smaller compared to that found in Greater Sydney (7.9%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in The Hills Shire increased by 12,254 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in The Hills Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+8,804 dwellings)
  • High density (+3,599 dwellings)

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