South West Group

The residents

The residents section is presented in two sections to answer the following questions:

What are the characteristics of the local residents?
Where do the residents work?

The people who live in an area are one of the most important resources that an economy draws upon, both as a market that consumes goods and services and as a source of labour.

This data is from the Usual Resident dataset of the Census. It includes all the people who reside in the local area, including those people who are not in the labour force (such as the elderly, children, unpaid domestic workers and carers etc.). Presenting the characteristics of the total local residents in economy.id^® provides the context for understanding:

the characteristics of the local labour force (which is a subset of the total population);
the relationship between the residential role and function of the local area and its economic role and function;
the local market for goods and services.

More detailed information about the resident population, including suburb/locality profiles, can be found in South West Group community profile at www.id.com.au/profile/southwestgroup.

Dwelling type

Dwelling Type is derived from an assessment by the Census Collector who observes and records the type of dwelling structure.

The types of dwellings that are common to areas are important determinants in the role and function that the area plays in the housing market. A greater concentration of higher density dwellings is likely to attract more young adults and smaller households; while larger, detached or separate dwellings are more likely to have families and prospective families living in them, although this is not a mutually exclusive pattern.

The residential built form often reflects market opportunities or planning policy, such as the building of denser forms of housing around public transport nodes or employment centres.

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Dwelling type of residents Place of enumeration

Dwelling type, South West Group 2006 (Dwellings)	2006
Dwelling type	number	%	City of Melville %
Separate house	96,672	75.4	75.0
Medium density	17,194	13.4	16.8
High density	2,296	1.8	1.0
Caravans, cabin, houseboat	818	0.6	0.1
Other	154	0.1	0.0
Not stated	29	0.0	0.0
Occupied private dwellings	117,165	91.4	92.9
Unoccupied dwellings	11,059	8.6	7.1
TOTAL Dwellings	128,224	100.0	100.0

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006.

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.

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