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Point Cook - Williams Landing

Dwelling type

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In Point Cook - Williams Landing, 12.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 12% in the City of Wyndham.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Point Cook - Williams Landing'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 Point Cook - Williams Landing.

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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
Point Cook - Williams Landing - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212011Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Wyndham %Number%City of Wyndham %2011 to 2021
Separate house21,06887.587.611,42490.589.5+9,643
Medium density2,65311.011.51,1168.89.7+1,536
High density2591.10.70--0.4+259
Caravans, cabin, houseboat720.30.1670.50.3+5
Other0--0.070.10.1-7
Not stated170.10.130.00.0+14
Total Private Dwellings24,069100.0100.012,618100.0100.0+11,451
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Point Cook - Williams Landing20212011Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Wyndham %Number%City of Wyndham %2011 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings43,44596.293.922,93095.392.9+20,515
Unoccupied private dwellings1,6933.86.11,1324.77.0+561
Non private dwellings70.00.080.00.1-1
Total dwellings45,145100.0100.024,071100.0100.0+21,074
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 21,068 separate houses in the area, 2,653 medium density dwellings, and 259 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Point Cook - Williams Landing in 2021 shows that 87.5% of all dwellings were separate houses; 11.0% were medium density dwellings, and 1.1% were in high density dwellings, compared with 87.6%, 11.5%, and 0.7% in the the City of Wyndham respectively.

In 2021, a total of 96.2% of the dwellings in Point Cook - Williams Landing were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.9% in the City of Wyndham. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 3.8%, which is smaller compared to that found in the City of Wyndham (6.1%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Point Cook - Williams Landing increased by 21,074 between 2011 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Point Cook - Williams Landing between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+9,643 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+1,536 dwellings)
  • High density (+259 dwellings)

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