Select region to view
 
 
  Statistical Portrait  : Outer South East Region - Dwelling Stock

Dwelling stock

  • At the 2001 Census there were 28,646 private dwellings counted in the Outer South-East Region, including 1,435 unoccupied dwellings (5.0% of the stock). Unoccupied dwellings made up 6.2% of all dwelling stock in Mount Gravatt East but only 3.7% in Rochedale.

  • Almost eight out of every ten dwellings in the Outer South-East Region were separate houses, a total of 22,538 dwellings. Stretton-Karawatha (94.6%) had the highest proportion of separate houses in its dwelling stock. Eight Mile Plains (66.6%) had the lowest proportion.

  • Units (2.9%) and caravans, cabins or houseboats (2.2%) comprised relatively small proportions of the dwelling stock in the Outer South-East Region. However, Eight Mile Plains recorded a significant number of caravans, cabins or houseboats totalling 488 or 12.0% of its dwelling stock. In Rochedale the 130 caravans, cabins or houseboats made up more than one-quarter (26.7%) of the SLA's dwelling stock.

  • The 3,127 townhouses in the Outer South-East Region comprised 10.9% of the dwelling stock. The highest proportion of townhouses was in Runcorn (23.2%) while there were no townhouses in Stretton-Karawatha. The highest proportion of units was in Mount Gravatt (22.5%). Kuraby, Stretton-Karawatha and Rochedale had no units.

 Dwelling stock (numbers)
 All private dwellings
 
Separate
House
No.
Townhouse
No.
Unit
No.
Caravan,
cabin,
houseboat
No.
Other(a)
No.
Not
Stated
No.
Unoccupied
Dwelling
No.
Total
No.
 Eight Mile Plains
2,707 
679 
6 
488 
9 
7 
169 
4,065 
 Kuraby
1,301 
234 
- 
- 
- 
4 
95 
1,634 
 MacGregor
1,707 
41 
61 
- 
- 
5 
111 
1,925 
 Mansfield
3,018 
144 
53 
- 
- 
18 
135 
3,368 
 Mount Gravatt
939 
22 
301 
- 
- 
- 
78 
1,340 
 Mount Gravatt East
3,115 
245 
273 
- 
- 
23 
240 
3,896 
 Rochedale
336 
3 
- 
130 
- 
- 
18 
487 
 Runcorn
3,209 
1,036 
8 
- 
- 
3 
208 
4,464 
 Stretton-Karawatha
877 
- 
- 
3 
- 
3 
44 
927 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
2,525 
229 
91 
3 
6 
13 
183 
3,050 
 Wishart
2,804 
494 
34 
- 
- 
4 
154 
3,490 
 Outer South-East Region
22,538 
3,127 
827 
624 
15 
80 
1,435 
28,646 
 Brisbane City
254,389 
22,724 
58,428 
2,357 
830 
1,939 
23,920 
364,587 

(a) includes improvised home, tent, sleepers out, house/flat attached to shop, office etc

 

 Dwelling stock (percentages)
 All private dwellings
 
Separate
House
%
Townhouse
%
Unit
%
Caravan,
cabin,
houseboat
%
Other(a)
%
Not
Stated
%
Unoccupied
Dwelling
%
Total
%
 Eight Mile Plains
66.6% 
16.7% 
0.1% 
12.0% 
0.2% 
0.2% 
4.2% 
100.0% 
 Kuraby
79.6% 
14.3% 
- 
- 
- 
0.2% 
5.8% 
100.0% 
 MacGregor
88.7% 
2.1% 
3.2% 
- 
- 
0.3% 
5.8% 
100.0% 
 Mansfield
89.6% 
4.3% 
1.6% 
- 
- 
0.5% 
4.0% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt
70.1% 
1.6% 
22.5% 
- 
- 
- 
5.8% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt East
80.0% 
6.3% 
7.0% 
- 
- 
0.6% 
6.2% 
100.0% 
 Rochedale
69.0% 
0.6% 
- 
26.7% 
- 
- 
3.7% 
100.0% 
 Runcorn
71.9% 
23.2% 
0.2% 
- 
- 
0.1% 
4.7% 
100.0% 
 Stretton-Karawatha
94.6% 
- 
- 
0.3% 
- 
0.3% 
4.7% 
100.0% 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
82.8% 
7.5% 
3.0% 
0.1% 
0.2% 
0.4% 
6.0% 
100.0% 
 Wishart
80.3% 
14.2% 
1.0% 
- 
- 
0.1% 
4.4% 
100.0% 
 Outer South-East Region
78.7% 
10.9% 
2.9% 
2.2% 
0.1% 
0.3% 
5.0% 
100.0% 
 Brisbane City
69.8% 
6.2% 
16.0% 
0.6% 
0.2% 
0.5% 
6.6% 
100.0% 

(a) includes improvised home, tent, sleepers out, house/flat attached to shop, office etc

 

Graph


Further information
The Statistical Portrait of Brisbane, commissioned by the Brisbane City Council and prepared by the Queensland Government's Planning Information and Forecasting Unit (PIFU), complements information products, publications and customised services offered by the ABS, PIFU and other statistical agencies. Those seeking more detailed information are referred to these sources.


 Copyright © 2003 Planning Information & Forecasting Unit, QDLGP; ABS; Brisbane City Council