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Chatswood (CBD)

Dwelling type

In Chatswood (CBD), 98.6% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 40% in Hunters Hill Municipality.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Chatswood (CBD)'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 Chatswood (CBD).

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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
Chatswood (CBD) - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Hunters Hill Municipality %Number%Hunters Hill Municipality %2016 to 2021
Separate house731.359.31182.460.1-45
Medium density1081.925.5711.524.4+36
High density5,37896.714.74,63195.914.9+746
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.130.1---3
Other0--0.20--0.10
Not stated30.10.260.10.5-3
Total Private Dwellings5,562100.0100.04,830100.0100.0+731
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
Chatswood (CBD)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Hunters Hill Municipality %Number%Hunters Hill Municipality %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings4,79985.890.94,29088.591.4+509
Unoccupied private dwellings78214.08.955611.58.2+225
Non private dwellings90.20.20--0.3+9
Total dwellings5,590100.0100.04,847100.0100.0+743
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 73 separate houses in the area, 108 medium density dwellings, and 5,378 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Chatswood (CBD) in 2021 shows that 1.3% of all dwellings were separate houses; 1.9% were medium density dwellings, and 96.7% were in high density dwellings, compared with 59.3%, 25.5%, and 14.7% in the Hunters Hill Municipality respectively.

In 2021, a total of 85.8% of the dwellings in Chatswood (CBD) were occupied on Census night, compared to 90.9% in Hunters Hill Municipality. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 14.0%, which is larger compared to that found in Hunters Hill Municipality (8.9%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Chatswood (CBD) increased by 743 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Chatswood (CBD) between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • High density (+746 dwellings)

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