St Kilda Road
Dwelling type
In St Kilda Road, 99.6% of the dwellings were medium or high density, compared to 86% in Middle Park.
Dwelling Type is an important determinant of St Kilda Road'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 St Kilda Road.
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Derived from the Census:
'Dwelling Structure is derived from the ABS address register supplemented with information from Census Field Officers.'
Dwellings
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| St Kilda Road - Dwellings (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Middle Park % | Number | % | Middle Park % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Separate house | 0 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 6 | 0.2 | 16.9 | -6 | 27001 |
 Medium density | 219 | 4.0 | 61.6 | 133 | 3.5 | 58.4 | +86 | 27002 |
| High density | 5,183 | 95.6 | 24.6 | 3,673 | 96.2 | 23.8 | +1,510 | 27003 |
| Caravans, cabin, houseboat | 0 | 0.0 | -- | 0 | 0.0 | -- | 0 | 27004 |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 27005 |
| Not stated | 22 | 0.4 | -- | 6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +16 | 27006 |
| Total Private Dwellings | 5,424 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,818 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,606 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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| St Kilda Road | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Dwelling type | Number | % | Middle Park % | Number | % | Middle Park % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Occupied private dwellings | 4,208 | 77.3 | 83.2 | 3,355 | 87.2 | 85.4 | +853 | 27500 |
| Unoccupied private dwellings | 1,225 | 22.5 | 16.8 | 480 | 12.5 | 14.6 | +745 | 27501 |
| Non private dwellings | 10 | 0.2 | -- | 12 | 0.3 | -- | -2 | 27502 |
| Total dwellings | 5,443 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,847 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,596 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups
In 2021, there were no separate houses in the area, 219 medium density dwellings, and 5,183 high density dwellings.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in St Kilda Road in 2021 shows that 0.0% of all dwellings were separate houses; 4.0% were medium density dwellings, and 95.6% were in high density dwellings, compared with 13.3%, 61.6%, and 24.6% in the Middle Park respectively.
In 2021, a total of 77.3% of the dwellings in St Kilda Road were occupied on Census night, compared to 83.2% in Middle Park. The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 22.5%, which is larger compared to that found in Middle Park (16.8%).
Emerging groups
The total number of dwellings in St Kilda Road increased by 1,596 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the type of dwellings found in St Kilda Road between 2016 and 2021 were:
- High density (+1,510 dwellings)
- Medium density (+86 dwellings)