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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the Keilor Park & District, 11.7% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 25% in Western Region.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the Keilor Park & District'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 Keilor Park & District.
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'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
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Keilor Park & District - Dwellings (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Dwelling type | Number | % | Western Region % | Number | % | Western Region % | 2016 to 2021 |
Separate house | 984 | 88.3 | 74.6 | 906 | 82.0 | 72.9 | +78 |
Medium density | 131 | 11.7 | 19.3 | 139 | 12.6 | 22.1 | -8 |
High density | 0 | -- | 5.7 | 0 | -- | 4.2 | 0 |
Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 0 | -- | 0.1 | 0 | -- | 0.2 | 0 |
Other | 0 | -- | 0.2 | 60 | 5.4 | 0.3 | -60 |
Not stated | 0 | -- | 0.1 | 0 | -- | 0.2 | 0 |
Total Private Dwellings | 1,115 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,105 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10 |
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Keilor Park & District | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Dwelling type | Number | % | Western Region % | Number | % | Western Region % | 2016 to 2021 |
Occupied private dwellings | 1,073 | 95.4 | 95.8 | 1,037 | 93.7 | 95.9 | +36 |
Unoccupied private dwellings | 52 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 70 | 6.3 | 4.1 | -18 |
Non private dwellings | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 |
Total dwellings | 1,125 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,107 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +18 |
In 2021, there were 984 separate houses in the area, 131 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in the Keilor Park & District in 2021 shows that 88.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 11.7% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 74.6%, 19.3%, and 5.7% in the Western Region respectively.
In 2021, a total of 95.4% of the dwellings in the Keilor Park & District were occupied on Census night, compared to 95.8% in Western Region. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 4.6%, which is larger compared to that found in Western Region (4.2%).
The total number of dwellings in the Keilor Park & District increased by 18 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in the Keilor Park & District between 2016 and 2021 were:
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