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City of YarraCommunity profile

City of Yarra

Dwelling type

In the City of Yarra, 87.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 34% in Greater Melbourne.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the City of Yarra'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 City of Yarra.

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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
City of Yarra - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Separate house5,68611.465.15,90413.466.1-218
Medium density21,76943.621.621,13348.122.9+636
High density21,95844.012.816,30537.110.1+5,653
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.160.00.2-6
Other4801.00.33670.80.3+113
Not stated610.10.12310.50.3-170
Total Private Dwellings49,954100.0100.043,946100.0100.0+6,008
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
Dwelling type
City of Yarra20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings42,80785.590.239,86790.590.7+2,940
Unoccupied private dwellings7,15114.39.64,0699.29.1+3,082
Non private dwellings990.20.1980.20.1+1
Total dwellings50,057100.0100.044,034100.0100.0+6,023
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 5,686 separate houses in the area, 21,769 medium density dwellings, and 21,958 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in the City of Yarra in 2021 shows that 11.4% of all dwellings were separate houses; 43.6% were medium density dwellings, and 44.0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 65.1%, 21.6%, and 12.8% in the Greater Melbourne respectively.

In 2021, a total of 85.5% of the dwellings in the City of Yarra were occupied on Census night, compared to 90.2% in Greater Melbourne. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 14.3%, which is larger compared to that found in Greater Melbourne (9.6%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in the City of Yarra increased by 6,023 between 2016 and 2021.

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

  • High density (+5,653 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+636 dwellings)
  • Separate house (-218 dwellings)
  • Other (+113 dwellings)

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