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Rural City of WangarattaCommunity profile

Rural City of Wangaratta

Dwelling type

In the Rural City of Wangaratta, 10.3% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 10% in Regional VIC.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the Rural City of Wangaratta'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 Rural City of Wangaratta.

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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
Rural City of Wangaratta - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Regional VIC %Number%Regional VIC %2016 to 2021
Separate house12,11588.788.911,30486.787.9+811
Medium density1,40610.39.41,51911.69.9-113
High density0--0.340.00.3-4
Caravans, cabin, houseboat720.50.91321.00.9-60
Other420.30.3430.30.5-1
Not stated160.10.2420.30.5-26
Total Private Dwellings13,651100.0100.013,044100.0100.0+607
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
Rural City of Wangaratta20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Regional VIC %Number%Regional VIC %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings12,54791.786.511,66489.283.6+883
Unoccupied private dwellings1,1008.013.21,37110.516.1-271
Non private dwellings300.20.3370.30.3-7
Total dwellings13,677100.0100.013,072100.0100.0+605
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 12,115 separate houses in the area, 1,406 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in the Rural City of Wangaratta in 2021 shows that 88.7% of all dwellings were separate houses; 10.3% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 88.9%, 9.4%, and 0.3% in the Regional VIC respectively.

In 2021, a total of 91.7% of the dwellings in the Rural City of Wangaratta were occupied on Census night, compared to 86.5% in Regional VIC. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 8.0%, which is smaller compared to that found in Regional VIC (13.2%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in the Rural City of Wangaratta increased by 605 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in the Rural City of Wangaratta between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+811 dwellings)
  • Medium density (-113 dwellings)
  • Caravans, cabin, houseboat (-60 dwellings)

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