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Lockyer Valley Regional Council

Dwelling type

In Lockyer Valley Regional Council, 5.5% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 3% in Forest Hill and District.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Lockyer Valley Regional Council'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 Lockyer Valley Regional Council.

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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
Lockyer Valley Regional Council - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212011Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Forest Hill and District %Number%Forest Hill and District %2011 to 2021
Separate house15,03293.296.012,67593.697.1+2,357
Medium density8855.53.25944.42.4+291
High density0----40.0---4
Caravans, cabin, houseboat730.5--2281.7---155
Other600.4--310.2--+29
Not stated840.50.980.10.5+76
Total Private Dwellings16,134100.0100.013,540100.0100.0+2,594
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Lockyer Valley Regional Council20212011Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Forest Hill and District %Number%Forest Hill and District %2011 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings14,94592.591.112,56392.689.6+2,382
Unoccupied private dwellings1,1997.48.99807.29.8+219
Non private dwellings200.1--220.20.6-2
Total dwellings16,164100.0100.013,565100.0100.0+2,599
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 15,032 separate houses in the area, 885 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Lockyer Valley Regional Council in 2021 shows that 93.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 5.5% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 96.0%, 3.2%, and 0.0% in the Forest Hill and District respectively.

In 2021, a total of 92.5% of the dwellings in Lockyer Valley Regional Council were occupied on Census night, compared to 91.1% in Forest Hill and District. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 7.4%, which is smaller compared to that found in Forest Hill and District (8.9%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Lockyer Valley Regional Council increased by 2,599 between 2011 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Lockyer Valley Regional Council between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+2,357 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+291 dwellings)
  • Caravans, cabin, houseboat (-155 dwellings)

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