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Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)

Dwelling type

In Keilor Road / Essendon North (N), 60.7% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 58% in Moonee Ponds.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)'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 Keilor Road / Essendon North (N).

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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
Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) - Dwellings (Enumerated)20211996Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Moonee Ponds %Number%Moonee Ponds %1996 to 2021
Separate house2,06939.241.22,23070.766.8-161
Medium density1,88735.725.678524.923.3+1,102
High density1,32125.032.6591.95.6+1,262
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0----0----0
Other40.10.4270.90.6-22
Not stated0--0.1521.73.7-52
Total Private Dwellings5,282100.0100.03,154100.0100.0+2,128
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)20211996Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Moonee Ponds %Number%Moonee Ponds %1996 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings4,65488.087.62,87591.192.3+1,779
Unoccupied private dwellings62611.812.32708.67.5+356
Non private dwellings70.10.190.30.1-3
Total dwellings5,288100.0100.03,155100.0100.0+2,132
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 2,069 separate houses in the area, 1,887 medium density dwellings, and 1,321 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) in 2021 shows that 39.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 35.7% were medium density dwellings, and 25.0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 41.2%, 25.6%, and 32.6% in the Moonee Ponds respectively.

In 2021, a total of 88.0% of the dwellings in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) were occupied on Census night, compared to 87.6% in Moonee Ponds. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 11.8%, which is smaller compared to that found in Moonee Ponds (12.3%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) increased by 2,133 between 1996 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+1,262 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+1,102 dwellings)
  • Separate house (-161 dwellings)

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