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6.8.9. Summary
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Western Adelaide’s housing stock is more diverse than trends across Adelaide, with above
average and still increasing proportions of semi-detached, townhouse, unit and apartment
dwellings.
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Rates of home ownership are similar to those across the State, although rates of homeownership
declined over the past ten years.
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There are proportionally more renters in the Study Area in comparison with Greater Adelaide.
6.9.
Age Care Places
Figure 6.32
below summarises data regarding Commonwealth-funded age care places, with supporting
data provided in Section 1.8 of
Appendix C
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The Commonwealth Government funds three key types of age care places – high care places, which are
usually located in nursing homes where 24 hour support is available; low care places, which are usually
located in hostels and independent living units, where independence is encouraged while still providing
some assistance; and community based places, which is the funding for in-home supports (e.g.
showering).
The data reveals that per 1000 head of population aged over 70, the Western Adelaide has fewer high
care places, comparable proportions of low care places and more community care places when
compared with the Adelaide Statistical Division (a slightly smaller boundary for metropolitan Adelaide than
Greater Adelaide used by the ABS).
Within the region, the care places are not evenly distributed. Port Adelaide Enfield has a particularly high
concentration of high care places, with 6.3% of the population over 70 receiving this level of care. West
Torrens has lower proportions of high level care places, but a high proportion of low level care places.
