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City of Port Adelaide EnfieldCommunity profile

City of Port Adelaide Enfield

Dwelling type

In the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, 30.1% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 26% in Greater Adelaide.

Dwelling Type is an important determinant of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield'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 City of Port Adelaide Enfield.

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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
City of Port Adelaide Enfield - Dwellings (Enumerated)20212001Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2001 to 2021
Separate house39,22769.273.330,44668.174.9+8,781
Medium density16,28928.823.113,43930.122.5+2,850
High density7561.33.01970.41.4+559
Caravans, cabin, houseboat890.20.2850.20.3+4
Other1060.20.11620.40.2-56
Not stated1850.30.23890.90.6-204
Total Private Dwellings56,652100.0100.044,718100.0100.0+11,934
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Dwelling type
City of Port Adelaide Enfield20212001Change
Dwelling typeNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2001 to 2021
Occupied private dwellings52,90093.393.241,97193.793.7+10,929
Unoccupied private dwellings3,7406.66.72,7486.16.1+992
Non private dwellings710.10.1950.20.2-24
Total dwellings56,711100.0100.044,814100.0100.0+11,897
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

In 2021, there were 39,227 separate houses in the area, 16,289 medium density dwellings, and 756 high density dwellings.

Analysis of the types of dwellings in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield in 2021 shows that 69.2% of all dwellings were separate houses; 28.8% were medium density dwellings, and 1.3% were in high density dwellings, compared with 73.3%, 23.1%, and 3.0% in the Greater Adelaide respectively.

In 2021, a total of 93.3% of the dwellings in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield were occupied on Census night, compared to 93.2% in Greater Adelaide. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 6.6%, which is similar compared to that found in Greater Adelaide (6.7%).

Emerging groups

The total number of dwellings in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield increased by 11,897 between 2001 and 2021.

The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Separate house (+8,781 dwellings)
  • Medium density (+2,850 dwellings)
  • High density (+559 dwellings)
  • Other (-56 dwellings)

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