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Breakfast Point - Mortlake

Dwelling type

In Breakfast Point - Mortlake, 94.8% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 64% in the City of Canada Bay.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Breakfast Point - Mortlake'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 Breakfast Point - Mortlake.

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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
Breakfast Point - Mortlake - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Canada Bay %Number%City of Canada Bay %2016 to 2021
Separate house1694.835.11626.336.8+7
Medium density40611.619.835613.720.4+50
High density2,90483.243.82,05979.541.2+845
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0--0.00
Other40.11.240.21.00
Not stated70.20.290.30.5-2
Total Private Dwellings3,490100.0100.02,590100.0100.0+900
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
Breakfast Point - Mortlake20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Canada Bay %Number%City of Canada Bay %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings3,12489.591.32,31489.592.7+810
Unoccupied private dwellings36710.58.627110.57.2+96
Non private dwellings0--0.10--0.10
Total dwellings3,491100.0100.02,585100.0100.0+906
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 169 separate houses in the area, 406 medium density dwellings, and 2,904 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Breakfast Point - Mortlake in 2021 shows that 4.8% of all dwellings were separate houses; 11.6% were medium density dwellings, and 83.2% 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 89.5% of the dwellings in Breakfast Point - Mortlake were occupied on Census night, compared to 91.3% in the City of Canada Bay. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 10.5%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Canada Bay (8.6%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Breakfast Point - Mortlake increased by 906 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Breakfast Point - Mortlake between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+845 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+50 dwellings)

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