In 2021, there were 53,367 separate houses in the area, 17,348 medium density dwellings, and 19,713 high density dwellings.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Sutherland Shire in 2021 shows that 58.7% of all dwellings were separate houses; 19.1% were medium density dwellings, and 21.7% were in high density dwellings, compared with 33.4%, 24.1%, and 41.5% in the SSROC region respectively.
In 2021, a total of 94.0% of the dwellings in Sutherland Shire were occupied on Census night, compared to 90.3% in SSROC region. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 5.9%, which is smaller compared to that found in SSROC region (9.4%).