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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn City of Port Phillip 86.4% of people reporting a need for assistance were in medium or high density dwellings.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of City of Port Phillip's residential role and function. For people with a disability, housing type can indicate the location where this community lives. It can also indicate the level of assistance with access to housing and transport required by the community.
Dwelling Type statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Household Type, Housing Tenure and Age Structure for a more complete picture of the housing market for people with a disability in City of Port Phillip.
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Derived from the Census:
'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
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| City of Port Phillip - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2011 to 2021 |
| Separate house | 406 | 12.5 | 78.3 | 522 | 23.1 | 80.3 | -116 |
| Medium density | 1,460 | 44.9 | 17.4 | 893 | 39.5 | 16.3 | +567 |
| High density | 1,349 | 41.5 | 4.0 | 843 | 37.3 | 3.0 | +506 |
| Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 0 | -- | 0.1 | 0 | -- | 0.3 | 0 |
| Other | 30 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | -- | 0.1 | +30 |
| Not stated | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +5 |
| Total people counted in occupied private dwellings | 3,250 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,258 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +992 |
| Dwelling type | |||||||
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| City of Port Phillip - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2011 to 2021 |
| Occupied private dwellings | 3,250 | 88.2 | 88.5 | 2,258 | 83.9 | 82.2 | +992 |
| Non private dwellings | 433 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 432 | 16.1 | 17.8 | +1 |
| Total people counted in occupied dwellings | 3,683 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,690 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +993 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the types of dwellings for people reporting a need for assistance in City of Port Phillip in 2021 shows that 12.5% of people with a need for assistance were in separate houses; 44.9% were medium density dwellings, and 41.5% were high density dwellings, compared with 78.3%, 17.4%, and 4.0% in the Greater Melbourne respectively.
Emerging groups
The total number of people reporting a need for assistance in dwellings in City of Port Phillip increased by 993 between 2011 and 2021.
The largest changes in the type of dwellings for people reporting a need for assistance in the City of Port Phillip between 2011 and 2021 were:
- Medium density (+567 persons)
- High density (+506 persons)
- Separate house (-116 persons)
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