1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2006  
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TYPES OF DWELLINGS

The separate house is the most popular type of dwelling in Australia, making up almost 78% of total dwellings in 2002-03. Table 8.1 shows the different dwelling structure types in each state and territory in 2002-03. Tasmania had the highest proportion of separate houses (86%) and New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory each had the lowest (73%).

Flats, units or apartments comprise 11% of total dwellings. New South Wales had the highest proportion of flats, units or apartments (16%), followed by the Northern Territory (15%). Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory had relatively low percentages of flats, units or apartments (5-8%).

Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, and townhouses accounted for 10% of total dwellings. There was a substantially greater proportion of semi-detached housing than of flats, units or apartments in Western Australia, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. Conversely, New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory had substantially more flats, units or apartments than semi-detached housing.

8.1 ALL HOUSEHOLDS, By dwelling structure and state/territory - 2002-03

Separate
house
Semi-detached/row
or terrace house/townhouse
Flat/unit/apartment
Total(a)
All
households(a)
%
%
%
%
’000

New South Wales
73.0
10.4
15.8
100.0
2,537.7
Victoria
80.6
9.5
9.7
100.0
1,883.3
Queensland
79.2
7.7
11.9
100.0
1,471.6
South Australia
79.4
13.0
7.2
100.0
612.9
Western Australia
81.2
13.4
5.3
100.0
763.9
Tasmania
85.5
6.6
7.0
100.0
192.7
Northern Territory(b)
74.2
*8.0
14.9
100.0
53.2
Australian Capital Territory
73.0
19.5
7.5
100.0
122.9
Australia
77.7
10.2
11.4
100.0
7,638.2

(a) Includes other dwelling structures.
(b) Excludes remote and sparsely settled areas.

Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Income and Housing, 2002-03.



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