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Tweed Shire

Dwelling type

In Tweed Shire Council 33.3% of people aged 65 years or more were in medium or high density dwellings.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Tweed Shire Council'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
Tweed Shire Council - 65 years or more20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Regional NSWNumber%Regional NSW2016 to 2021
Separate house15,21761.682.312,78257.280.8+2,435
Medium density6,12724.813.25,74825.713.3+379
High density2,0988.52.11,5767.11.7+522
Caravans, cabin, houseboat1,1084.51.81,8468.33.0-738
Other330.10.2780.30.4-45
Not stated1250.50.43091.40.9-184
Total people counted in occupied private dwellings24,708100.0100.022,339100.0100.0+2,369
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
Tweed Shire Council - 65 years or more20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Regional NSWNumber%Regional NSW2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings49,41896.994.222,33991.492.4+27,079
Non private dwellings1,5753.15.82,0958.67.6-520
Total people counted in occupied dwellings50,993100.0100.024,434100.0100.0+26,559
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 65 years or more in Tweed Shire Council in 2021 shows that 61.6% of people aged 65 years or more were living in separate houses; 24.8% were in medium density dwellings, and 8.5% were were in high density dwellings, compared with 82.3%, 13.2%, and 2.1% in the Regional NSW respectively.

Emerging groups

The total number of people aged 65 years or more in occupied private dwellings in Tweed Shire Council increased by 2,369 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings for people aged 65 years or more in Tweed Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+2,435 persons)
  • Caravans, cabin, houseboat (-738 persons)
  • High density (+522 persons)
  • Medium density (+379 persons)

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