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Eastern Region Alliance area

Dwelling type

In Eastern Region Alliance area, 37.4% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 43% in the City of Unley.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Eastern Region Alliance 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 Eastern Region Alliance 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
Eastern Region Alliance area - Dwellings (Enumerated)20211991Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Unley %Number%City of Unley %1991 to 2021
Separate house56,91262.356.851,04668.461.6+5,865
Medium density31,49234.538.521,87929.335.2+9,612
High density2,6502.94.48001.12.0+1,850
Caravans, cabin, houseboat660.1--970.1---31
Other960.10.12240.30.3-128
Not stated1920.20.25490.71.0-357
Total Private Dwellings91,408100.0100.074,596100.0100.0+16,812
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
Eastern Region Alliance area20211991Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Unley %Number%City of Unley %1991 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings84,50992.491.769,42492.892.7+15,085
Unoccupied private dwellings6,8877.58.15,1686.97.0+1,718
Non private dwellings1000.10.12010.30.3-101
Total dwellings91,496100.0100.074,793100.0100.0+16,702
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 56,912 separate houses in the area, 31,492 medium density dwellings, and 2,650 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Eastern Region Alliance area in 2021 shows that 62.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 34.5% were medium density dwellings, and 2.9% were in high density dwellings, compared with 56.8%, 38.5%, and 4.4% in the the City of Unley respectively.

In 2021, a total of 92.4% of the dwellings in Eastern Region Alliance area were occupied on Census night, compared to 91.7% in the City of Unley. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 7.5%, which is smaller compared to that found in the City of Unley (8.1%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Eastern Region Alliance area increased by 16,703 between 1991 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Eastern Region Alliance area between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Medium density (+9,612 dwellings)
  • Separate house (+5,865 dwellings)
  • High density (+1,850 dwellings)
  • Other (-128 dwellings)

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