Dwellings density is the number of dwellings per hectare of land. Place Forecast works it out as the dwelling count divided by the land area in hectares. The unit is dw/ha, a common way to express dwelling density in Australia.
Zoning controls are usually expressed at net density. Net density is measured at the lot scale and leaves out roads and reserves. This page shows gross density across the whole area boundary. The two are not directly comparable.
Estimated figures come from the census dwelling count. Future dwellings density is built up from building completions, dwelling assumption adjustments, and housing assumption adjustments.
A few things matter when you read dwellings density:
| Small Area | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 |
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| Central Rural | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Cundletown - Dumaresq Island | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| Forster - Green Point | 1.89 | 1.90 | 1.91 | 1.92 | 1.98 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 2.04 | 2.04 | 2.05 | 2.06 | 2.07 | 2.08 | 2.09 | 2.10 | 2.11 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.14 | 2.15 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 2.18 | 2.19 | 2.19 | 2.20 | 2.21 | 2.22 | 2.23 | 2.24 | 2.25 | 2.26 |
| Gloucester | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Hallidays Point - Diamond Beach and surrounds | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.55 |
| Harrington - Crowdy Head | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 |
| Hawks Nest - Tea Gardens | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Northern Rural | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Old Bar - Wallabi point | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.81 |
| Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Southern Rural | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Taree | 1.22 | 1.23 | 1.23 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.29 | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.40 | 1.41 | 1.42 | 1.43 | 1.44 | 1.45 | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 1.50 |
| Tinonee - Taree South | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| Tuncurry - Darawank | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.71 |
| Western Rural | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Wingham | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
| Total | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.55 |