In 2021, there were 5,124 separate houses in the area, 480 medium density dwellings, and 16 high density dwellings. In addition, there were 229 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Hinchinbrook (S) in 2021 shows that 85.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 8.0% were medium density dwellings, and 0.3% were in high density dwellings, compared with 63.9%, 0.0%, and 0.0% in the Croydon (S) respectively.
In 2021, a total of 84.1% of the dwellings in Hinchinbrook (S) were occupied on Census night, compared to 78.4% in Croydon (S). The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 15.5%, which is smaller compared to that found in Croydon (S) (19.7%).