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Willoughby City CouncilCommunity profile

In Willoughby, 43.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 12% in Roseville.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Willoughby'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 Willoughby.

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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
Willoughby - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212006Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Roseville %Number%Roseville %2006 to 2021
Separate house1,51955.187.31,36556.988.2+153
Medium density42715.58.849520.78.6-69
High density77328.03.650521.12.5+267
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0----0
Other331.20.4301.30.8+2
Not stated40.1--30.1--+1
Total Private Dwellings2,756100.0100.02,401100.0100.0+355
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Dwelling type
Willoughby20212006Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Roseville %Number%Roseville %2006 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings2,55892.693.82,22592.794.4+332
Unoccupied private dwellings2037.46.21727.25.2+31
Non private dwellings0----30.10.4-3
Total dwellings2,761100.0100.02,401100.0100.0+360
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 1,519 separate houses in the area, 427 medium density dwellings, and 773 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Willoughby in 2021 shows that 55.1% of all dwellings were separate houses; 15.5% were medium density dwellings, and 28.0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 87.3%, 8.8%, and 3.6% in the Roseville respectively.

In 2021, a total of 92.6% of the dwellings in Willoughby were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.8% in Roseville. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 7.4%, which is larger compared to that found in Roseville (6.2%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Willoughby increased by 360 between 2006 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Willoughby between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+267 dwellings)
  • Separate house (+153 dwellings)
  • Medium density (-69 dwellings)

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