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Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale

Dwelling type

In Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale, 1.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 6% in Bargo - Yanderra - Pheasants Nest.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale'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 Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale.

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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
Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Bargo - Yanderra - Pheasants Nest %Number%Bargo - Yanderra - Pheasants Nest %2016 to 2021
Separate house1,99798.790.91,71498.689.7+283
Medium density231.16.3150.97.6+8
High density0----0----0
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--2.530.21.9-3
Other0----0--0.30
Not stated30.10.460.30.5-3
Total Private Dwellings2,023100.0100.01,738100.0100.0+285
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
Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Bargo - Yanderra - Pheasants Nest %Number%Bargo - Yanderra - Pheasants Nest %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,94296.095.61,65394.894.7+289
Unoccupied private dwellings804.04.4915.25.1-11
Non private dwellings0----0--0.10
Total dwellings2,022100.0100.01,744100.0100.0+278
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 1,997 separate houses in the area, 23 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale in 2021 shows that 98.7% of all dwellings were separate houses; 1.1% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 90.9%, 6.3%, and 0.0% in the Bargo - Yanderra - Pheasants Nest respectively.

In 2021, a total of 96.0% of the dwellings in Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale were occupied on Census night, compared to 95.6% in Bargo - Yanderra - Pheasants Nest. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 4.0%, which is smaller compared to that found in Bargo - Yanderra - Pheasants Nest (4.4%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale increased by 278 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Wallacia - Warragamba - Silverdale between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+283 dwellings)

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