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Port Adelaide Centre District

Dwelling type

In the Port Adelaide Centre District, 85.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 30% in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the Port Adelaide Centre District'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 the Port Adelaide Centre District.

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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
Port Adelaide Centre District - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212006Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Port Adelaide Enfield %Number%City of Port Adelaide Enfield %2006 to 2021
Separate house13612.169.229643.472.3-161
Medium density55949.828.837154.226.4+188
High density39635.31.330.40.8+393
Caravans, cabin, houseboat0--0.20--0.20
Other211.90.2131.90.2+8
Not stated100.90.30----+10
Total Private Dwellings1,122100.0100.0684100.0100.0+438
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
Port Adelaide Centre District20212006Change
Dwelling typeNumber%City of Port Adelaide Enfield %Number%City of Port Adelaide Enfield %2006 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings96886.393.361488.893.0+354
Unoccupied private dwellings15013.46.6679.76.8+83
Non private dwellings40.40.1101.40.2-6
Total dwellings1,122100.0100.0691100.0100.0+430
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 136 separate houses in the area, 559 medium density dwellings, and 396 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in the Port Adelaide Centre District in 2021 shows that 12.1% of all dwellings were separate houses; 49.8% were medium density dwellings, and 35.3% were in high density dwellings, compared with 69.2%, 28.8%, and 1.3% in the the City of Port Adelaide Enfield respectively.

In 2021, a total of 86.3% of the dwellings in the Port Adelaide Centre District were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.3% in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 13.4%, which is larger compared to that found in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield (6.6%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in the Port Adelaide Centre District increased by 431 between 2006 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in the Port Adelaide Centre District between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • High density (+393 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+188 dwellings)
  • Separate house (-161 dwellings)

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