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Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area

Dwelling type

In Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area, 3.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 21% in Albury City.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area'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 Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area.

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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
Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Albury City %Number%Albury City %2016 to 2021
Separate house4,05995.978.53,04496.477.6+1,015
Medium density1463.520.1922.920.8+54
High density0--0.60--0.60
Caravans, cabin, houseboat180.40.4170.60.4+1
Other0--0.10--0.30
Not stated80.20.230.10.4+5
Total Private Dwellings4,232100.0100.03,158100.0100.0+1,074
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
Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Albury City %Number%Albury City %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings4,01894.692.12,91291.889.0+1,106
Unoccupied private dwellings2235.37.62568.110.6-34
Non private dwellings40.10.330.10.4+1
Total dwellings4,245100.0100.03,172100.0100.0+1,073
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 4,059 separate houses in the area, 146 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area in 2021 shows that 95.9% of all dwellings were separate houses; 3.5% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 78.5%, 20.1%, and 0.6% in the Albury City respectively.

In 2021, a total of 94.6% of the dwellings in Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area were occupied on Census night, compared to 92.1% in Albury City. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 5.3%, which is smaller compared to that found in Albury City (7.6%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area increased by 1,073 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Thurgoona - Wirlinga Growth Area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+1,015 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+54 dwellings)

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