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Glenside - Eastwood

Dwelling type

In Glenside - Eastwood, 70.9% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 34% in the City of Burnside.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Glenside - Eastwood'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 Glenside - Eastwood.

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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
Glenside - Eastwood - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Burnside %Number%City of Burnside %2016 to 2021
Separate house57028.565.253329.365.6+37
Medium density99449.731.299955.032.3-5
High density42521.23.228515.72.0+140
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0----0
Other40.20.10--0.1+4
Not stated90.40.20--0.2+9
Total Private Dwellings2,002100.0100.01,817100.0100.0+185
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
Glenside - Eastwood20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Burnside %Number%City of Burnside %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,73186.592.01,59187.689.9+140
Unoccupied private dwellings26813.47.922112.210.0+47
Non private dwellings30.10.140.20.1-1
Total dwellings2,002100.0100.01,816100.0100.0+186
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 570 separate houses in the area, 994 medium density dwellings, and 425 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Glenside - Eastwood in 2021 shows that 28.5% of all dwellings were separate houses; 49.7% were medium density dwellings, and 21.2% were in high density dwellings, compared with 65.2%, 31.2%, and 3.2% in the the City of Burnside respectively.

In 2021, a total of 86.5% of the dwellings in Glenside - Eastwood were occupied on Census night, compared to 92.0% in the City of Burnside. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 13.4%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Burnside (7.9%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Glenside - Eastwood increased by 186 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Glenside - Eastwood between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • High density (+140 dwellings)

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