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Mount Lawley - Highgate

Dwelling type

In Mount Lawley - Highgate, 71.4% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 84% in Perth.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Mount Lawley - Highgate'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 Mount Lawley - Highgate.

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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
Mount Lawley - Highgate - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Perth %Number%Perth %2016 to 2021
Separate house74327.515.574729.019.7-4
Medium density84531.332.982031.836.5+24
High density1,08440.150.798038.041.9+104
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0----0
Other190.70.7281.11.2-8
Not stated80.30.240.20.7+4
Total Private Dwellings2,701100.0100.02,580100.0100.0+120
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
Mount Lawley - Highgate20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Perth %Number%Perth %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings2,35887.286.62,25087.785.7+108
Unoccupied private dwellings34212.612.731012.113.7+32
Non private dwellings40.10.740.20.60
Total dwellings2,704100.0100.02,564100.0100.0+140
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 743 separate houses in the area, 845 medium density dwellings, and 1,084 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Mount Lawley - Highgate in 2021 shows that 27.5% of all dwellings were separate houses; 31.3% were medium density dwellings, and 40.1% were in high density dwellings, compared with 15.5%, 32.9%, and 50.7% in the Perth respectively.

In 2021, a total of 87.2% of the dwellings in Mount Lawley - Highgate were occupied on Census night, compared to 86.6% in Perth. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 12.6%, which is similar compared to that found in Perth (12.7%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Mount Lawley - Highgate increased by 140 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Mount Lawley - Highgate between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • High density (+104 dwellings)

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