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Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek

Dwelling type

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In Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek, 22.9% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 20% in Blacktown City.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek'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 Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek.

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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
Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Blacktown City %Number%Blacktown City %2016 to 2021
Separate house4,11076.479.83,74678.977.6+364
Medium density1,09320.313.994219.817.7+151
High density1412.66.0370.83.8+104
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.00--0.30
Other220.40.1190.40.3+3
Not stated140.30.230.10.3+11
Total Private Dwellings5,380100.0100.04,747100.0100.0+633
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
Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Blacktown City %Number%Blacktown City %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings5,12195.195.24,47395.095.3+648
Unoccupied private dwellings2564.84.72355.04.6+21
Non private dwellings100.20.10--0.1+10
Total dwellings5,387100.0100.04,708100.0100.0+679
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 4,110 separate houses in the area, 1,093 medium density dwellings, and 141 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek in 2021 shows that 76.4% of all dwellings were separate houses; 20.3% were medium density dwellings, and 2.6% were in high density dwellings, compared with 79.8%, 13.9%, and 6.0% in the Blacktown City respectively.

In 2021, a total of 95.1% of the dwellings in Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek were occupied on Census night, compared to 95.2% in Blacktown City. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 4.8%, which is similar compared to that found in Blacktown City (4.7%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek increased by 679 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Rooty Hill - Eastern Creek between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+364 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+151 dwellings)
  • High density (+104 dwellings)

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