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Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre

Dwelling type

In Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre, 70.9% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 14% in the City of Maroondah.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre'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 Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre.

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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
Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Maroondah %Number%City of Maroondah %2016 to 2021
Separate house47427.986.245749.187.5+16
Medium density21012.310.219721.210.7+12
High density99658.63.427129.11.4+725
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0--0.00
Other160.90.10--0.1+16
Not stated50.30.160.60.3-1
Total Private Dwellings1,701100.0100.0933100.0100.0+768
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
Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Maroondah %Number%City of Maroondah %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,42284.194.185188.792.9+571
Unoccupied private dwellings26315.65.810511.06.9+158
Non private dwellings60.40.130.30.2+3
Total dwellings1,691100.0100.0959100.0100.0+732
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 474 separate houses in the area, 210 medium density dwellings, and 996 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre in 2021 shows that 27.9% of all dwellings were separate houses; 12.3% were medium density dwellings, and 58.6% were in high density dwellings, compared with 86.2%, 10.2%, and 3.4% in the the City of Maroondah respectively.

In 2021, a total of 84.1% of the dwellings in Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre were occupied on Census night, compared to 94.1% in the City of Maroondah. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 15.6%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Maroondah (5.8%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre increased by 732 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • High density (+725 dwellings)

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