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Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully

Dwelling type

In Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully, 7.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 9% in the City of Greater Bendigo.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully'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 Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully.

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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
Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Greater Bendigo %Number%City of Greater Bendigo %2016 to 2021
Separate house2,76292.290.52,65090.488.3+112
Medium density2147.18.72588.810.0-44
High density0--0.10--0.40
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.40--0.60
Other100.30.250.20.3+5
Not stated90.30.2180.60.5-9
Total Private Dwellings2,995100.0100.02,931100.0100.0+64
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
Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully20212016Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Greater Bendigo %Number%City of Greater Bendigo %2016 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings2,79493.392.32,70592.289.6+89
Unoccupied private dwellings2016.77.52247.610.2-23
Non private dwellings0--0.240.10.2-4
Total dwellings2,995100.0100.02,933100.0100.0+62
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 2,762 separate houses in the area, 214 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully in 2021 shows that 92.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 7.1% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 90.5%, 8.7%, and 0.1% in the the City of Greater Bendigo respectively.

In 2021, a total of 93.3% of the dwellings in Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully were occupied on Census night, compared to 92.3% in the City of Greater Bendigo. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 6.7%, which is smaller compared to that found in the City of Greater Bendigo (7.5%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully increased by 62 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the type of dwellings found in Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Separate house (+112 dwellings)

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