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Five Dock - Canada Bay

Dwelling type

In Five Dock - Canada Bay, 51.9% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 64% in the City of Canada Bay.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Five Dock - Canada Bay'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 Five Dock - Canada Bay.

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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
Five Dock - Canada Bay - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Canada Bay %Number%City of Canada Bay %2016 to 2021
Separate house2,16145.535.12,12047.836.8+41
Medium density1,48031.219.81,37831.120.4+102
High density98620.843.885619.341.2+130
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0--0.00
Other1202.51.2611.41.0+59
Not stated30.10.2180.40.5-15
Total Private Dwellings4,750100.0100.04,433100.0100.0+317
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
Five Dock - Canada Bay20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Canada Bay %Number%City of Canada Bay %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings4,43592.991.34,07791.892.7+358
Unoccupied private dwellings3296.98.63608.17.2-32
Non private dwellings120.30.150.10.1+7
Total dwellings4,776100.0100.04,442100.0100.0+333
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 2,161 separate houses in the area, 1,480 medium density dwellings, and 986 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Five Dock - Canada Bay in 2021 shows that 45.5% of all dwellings were separate houses; 31.2% were medium density dwellings, and 20.8% were in high density dwellings, compared with 35.1%, 19.8%, and 43.8% in the the City of Canada Bay respectively.

In 2021, a total of 92.9% of the dwellings in Five Dock - Canada Bay were occupied on Census night, compared to 91.3% in the City of Canada Bay. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 6.9%, which is smaller compared to that found in the City of Canada Bay (8.6%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Five Dock - Canada Bay increased by 334 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Five Dock - Canada Bay between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+130 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+102 dwellings)
  • Other (+59 dwellings)

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