Williamstown Profile - Full report - Hobsons Bay

D. Housing
Dwelling types
In 2006, there were a total of 4,532 dwellings in Williamstown. Just over 8 per cent of them
were unoccupied. Separate houses (ie a single dwelling on a single lot) were the
predominant housing type and made up 59 per cent of all dwellings. Williamstown stock of
separate dwellings was around 12 per cent lower than the municipal rate of 71.2 per cent.
Medium density dwellings represented just over a quarter of the neighbourhood’s housing
stock and as Table 22 indicates, this housing type accounted for the largest growth in
dwelling numbers since the Census in 2001.
The other main dwelling type was high density, although this type of housing has declined
by 47 dwelling since the 2001 Census.
Table 22: Private dwelling types
2006 2001
number %
Hobsons
Bay % number %
Hobsons
Bay %
Change
2001-2006
Separate house 2,675 59.0 71.2 2,678 60.6 74.8 -2
Medium density 1,159 25.6 20.2 1,037 23.5 16.9 123
High density 261 5.8 1.0 308 7.0 1.1 -47
Caravans, cabin, houseboat 0 0 0.3 0 0 0.4 0
Other 58 1.3 0.4 38 0.9 0.5 20
Not stated 0 0 0.0 6 0.1 0.7 -6
TOTAL occupied private 4,155 91.7 93.1 4,067 92 94.3 89
dwellings
TOTAL unoccupied
377 8.3 6.9 352 8.0 5.7 25
dwellings
TOTAL DWELLINGS 4,532 100.0 100.0 4,418 100.0 100.0 114
Source: ABS 2006 Census (Enumerated data) www.id.com.au/profile/Default.aspx?id=112
a) ‘Medium density’ includes all semi-detached, row, terrace, townhouses and villa units, plus flats
and apartments in blocks of 1 or 2 storeys, and flats attached to houses.
(b) ‘High density’ includes flats and apartments in 3 storey and larger blocks.
State Government owned housing
There are an estimated 364 State Government owned housing properties in the
Williamstown neighbourhood. Predominantly, they are high rise flats which are the only high
rises in the municipality. The other Government stock consists mainly of medium density
housing and some low rise flats.
Table 23: Public housing properties
High rise flat Low rise flat Medium Moveable Semidetached
Separate Total
density unit
housing
203 43 112 0 4 2 364
Source: Dept of Human Services 2006 (requested data)
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