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Bellbird Park - Brookwater

Dwelling type

In Bellbird Park - Brookwater, 11.4% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 12% in the City of Ipswich.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of Bellbird Park - Brookwater'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 Bellbird Park - Brookwater.

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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
Bellbird Park - Brookwater - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212006Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Ipswich %Number%City of Ipswich %2006 to 2021
Separate house5,66088.587.51,60786.191.2+4,053
Medium density72711.411.425813.87.6+469
High density0--0.50--0.10
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.30--0.80
Other0--0.100.00.1-1
Not stated90.10.20--0.1+9
Total Private Dwellings6,396100.0100.01,866100.0100.0+4,530
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dwelling type
Bellbird Park - Brookwater20212006Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Ipswich %Number%City of Ipswich %2006 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings6,03094.393.81,70591.292.8+4,325
Unoccupied private dwellings3635.76.11648.87.0+199
Non private dwellings0--0.10--0.10
Total dwellings6,393100.0100.01,869100.0100.0+4,524
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 5,660 separate houses in the area, 727 medium density dwellings, and no high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in Bellbird Park - Brookwater in 2021 shows that 88.5% of all dwellings were separate houses; 11.4% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 87.5%, 11.4%, and 0.5% in the the City of Ipswich respectively.

In 2021, a total of 94.3% of the dwellings in Bellbird Park - Brookwater were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.8% in the City of Ipswich. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 5.7%, which is smaller compared to that found in the City of Ipswich (6.1%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in Bellbird Park - Brookwater increased by 4,524 between 2006 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in Bellbird Park - Brookwater between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+4,053 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+469 dwellings)

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