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Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest

Dwelling type

In Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest, 13.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 0% in Curra - Gunalda - Corella.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest'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 Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest.

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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
Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Curra - Gunalda - Corella %Number%Curra - Gunalda - Corella %2016 to 2021
Separate house1,17374.393.51,04768.398.3+126
Medium density20713.1--23215.1---25
High density0----0----0
Caravans, cabin, houseboat1207.62.423315.21.2-113
Other30.23.9130.8---10
Not stated754.80.370.50.5+68
Total Private Dwellings1,578100.0100.01,532100.0100.0+46
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
Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Curra - Gunalda - Corella %Number%Curra - Gunalda - Corella %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,33884.291.41,26482.791.7+74
Unoccupied private dwellings24615.58.625716.88.3-11
Non private dwellings50.3--80.5---3
Total dwellings1,589100.0100.01,529100.0100.0+60
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 1,173 separate houses in the area, 207 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings. In addition, there were 120 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest in 2021 shows that 74.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 13.1% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 93.5%, 0.0%, and 0.0% in the Curra - Gunalda - Corella respectively.

In 2021, a total of 84.2% of the dwellings in Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest were occupied on Census night, compared to 91.4% in Curra - Gunalda - Corella. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 15.5%, which is larger compared to that found in Curra - Gunalda - Corella (8.6%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest increased by 60 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Tin Can Bay - Toolara Forest between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+126 dwellings)
  • Caravans, cabin, houseboat (-113 dwellings)

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