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Macedon Ranges ShireCommunity profile

Macedon Ranges Shire

Dwelling type

In the Macedon Ranges Shire 12.8% of people aged 80 years or more were in medium or high density dwellings.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the Macedon Ranges Shire's residential role and function. People occupy different dwelling structures at different life stages, so not only can dwelling type give the overall role and function of the area, it can show the role it plays for different age groups.

For instance, an area may have minimal high density housing stock, but that which there is, is mainly occupied by students aged 18-24. On the other hand, medium density may be an important housing stock for the elderly to downsize into - but are they taking this up? Are families living increasingly in high density housing while retired populations occupy separate houses?

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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
Macedon Ranges Shire - 80 years or more20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Regional VICNumber%Regional VIC2016 to 2021
Separate house1,36786.885.31,02484.684.4+343
Medium density20212.813.316213.414.1+40
High density00.00.100.00.20
Caravans, cabin, houseboat00.00.750.40.6-5
Other00.00.400.00.20
Not stated60.40.2191.60.5-13
Total people counted in occupied private dwellings1,575100.0100.01,210100.0100.0+365
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Dwelling type
Macedon Ranges Shire - 80 years or more20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Regional VICNumber%Regional VIC2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings1,57581.582.91,21078.480.9+365
Non private dwellings35818.517.133321.619.1+25
Total people counted in occupied dwellings1,933100.0100.01,543100.0100.0+390
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the types of dwellings for people aged 80 years or more in the Macedon Ranges Shire in 2021 shows that 86.8% of people aged 80 years or more were living in separate houses; 12.8% were in medium density dwellings, and 0 were in high density dwellings, compared with 85.3%, 13.3%, and 0.1% in the Regional VIC respectively.

Emerging groups

The total number of people aged 80 years or more in occupied private dwellings in the Macedon Ranges Shire increased by 365 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings for people aged 80 years or more in Macedon Ranges Shire between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+343 persons)

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