Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point
Dwelling type
In Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point, 4.3% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 14% in Watanobbi.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point'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 Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point.
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Derived from the Census:
'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
Dwellings
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
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Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
Dwelling type | Number | % | Watanobbi % | Number | % | Watanobbi % | 2016 to 2021 | |
Occupied private dwellings | 819 | 92.9 | 97.0 | 788 | 91.3 | 94.0 | +31 | 27500 |
Unoccupied private dwellings | 63 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 75 | 8.7 | 6.0 | -12 | 27501 |
Non private dwellings | 0 | 0.0 | -- | 0 | 0.0 | -- | 0 | 27502 |
Total dwellings | 882 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 863 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +19 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups
In 2021, there were 791 separate houses in the area, 38 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings. In addition, there were 48 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point in 2021 shows that 90.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 4.3% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 85.8%, 13.7%, and 0.5% in the Watanobbi respectively.
In 2021, a total of 92.9% of the dwellings in Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point were occupied on Census night, compared to 97.0% in Watanobbi. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 7.1%, which is larger compared to that found in Watanobbi (3.0%).
Emerging groups
The total number of dwellings in Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point increased by 19 between 2016 and 2021.
There were no major differences in Tuggerawong - Tacoma - Rocky Point between 2016 and 2021.