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Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Tweed Shire Council'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 Tweed Shire Council.
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Derived from the Census:
'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
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| Tweed Shire Council - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Regional NSW | Number | % | Regional NSW | 2016 to 2021 |
| Separate house | 4,047 | 63.4 | 82.6 | 3,338 | 62.5 | 81.8 | +709 |
| Medium density | 1,691 | 26.5 | 14.1 | 1,373 | 25.7 | 13.8 | +318 |
| High density | 451 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 277 | 5.2 | 1.5 | +174 |
| Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 158 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 285 | 5.3 | 1.7 | -127 |
| Other | 4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 19 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -15 |
| Not stated | 29 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 50 | 0.9 | 0.8 | -21 |
| Total people counted in occupied private dwellings | 6,380 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,342 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,038 |
| Dwelling type | |||||||
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| Tweed Shire Council - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Regional NSW | Number | % | Regional NSW | 2016 to 2021 |
| Occupied private dwellings | 6,380 | 87.7 | 87.9 | 5,342 | 80.8 | 84.7 | +1,038 |
| Non private dwellings | 892 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 1,271 | 19.2 | 15.3 | -379 |
| Total people counted in occupied dwellings | 7,272 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,613 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +659 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the types of dwellings for people reporting a need for assistance in Tweed Shire Council in 2021 shows that 63.4% of people with a need for assistance were in separate houses; 26.5% were medium density dwellings, and 7.1% were high density dwellings, compared with 82.6%, 14.1%, and 1.7% in the Regional NSW respectively.
Emerging groups
The total number of people reporting a need for assistance in dwellings in Tweed Shire Council increased by 659 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the type of dwellings for people reporting a need for assistance in Tweed Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Separate house (+709 persons)
- Medium density (+318 persons)
- High density (+174 persons)
- Caravans, cabin, houseboat (-127 persons)
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