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Box Hill North

Dwelling type

In Box Hill North, 39.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 38% in the City of Whitehorse.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Box Hill North'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 Box Hill North.

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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
Box Hill North - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Whitehorse %Number%City of Whitehorse %2016 to 2021
Separate house3,10360.862.03,02861.966.6+75
Medium density1,90137.327.71,76636.128.1+135
High density921.810.1881.85.0+4
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0--0.00
Other30.10.10--0.1+3
Not stated30.10.1130.30.3-10
Total Private Dwellings5,102100.0100.04,895100.0100.0+207
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
Box Hill North20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Whitehorse %Number%City of Whitehorse %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings4,66891.490.84,43690.691.7+232
Unoccupied private dwellings4318.48.94559.38.1-24
Non private dwellings90.20.330.10.2+6
Total dwellings5,108100.0100.04,894100.0100.0+214
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 3,103 separate houses in the area, 1,901 medium density dwellings, and 92 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Box Hill North in 2021 shows that 60.8% of all dwellings were separate houses; 37.3% were medium density dwellings, and 1.8% were in high density dwellings, compared with 62.0%, 27.7%, and 10.1% in the the City of Whitehorse respectively.

In 2021, a total of 91.4% of the dwellings in Box Hill North were occupied on Census night, compared to 90.8% in the City of Whitehorse. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 8.4%, which is smaller compared to that found in the City of Whitehorse (8.9%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Box Hill North increased by 214 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Box Hill North between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Medium density (+135 dwellings)
  • Separate house (+75 dwellings)

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