75.8% of Queensland's existing dwelling stock consists of detached dwellings, according to this dataset. It was published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation and last updated in May 2026. The description notes that building approvals for high-rise dwellings were relatively high in the 2016–2017 period.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the composition of housing stock based on the percentage of detached dwellings.
- Tracking trends in building approvals for high-rise developments.
- Comparing historical dwelling stock data with new construction approvals.
- Informing policy decisions on urban density and housing diversity.
Strengths
- Includes a specific statistic on dwelling stock composition (75.8% detached dwellings).
- Provides a temporal reference point for building approval trends (2016–2017).
- Has a clear provenance from a state government department.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026).
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Time Range
- 2016–2017 (for building approvals); other temporal coverage is unspecified.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:12:39.677713; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia