The Parry Sound Area Development Community's housing market is comprised predominantly of single detached houses, which range from modest homes to extravagant water front manors. There are also provincially comparable percentages of apartment duplexes and apartments in buildings with fewer than five stories. Average gross monthly payments for owner-occupied dwellings and rented dwellings are lower in the community than the provincial average.
| Development Community | Parry Sound District | Ontario | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total private dwellings occupied by usual residents | 5260 | 17,195 | 4,555,025 |
| Single detached houses- as a % of total occupied private dwellings | 80.22% | 88.1 | 56.1 |
| Semi-detached houses - as a % of total occupied private dwellings | 2.58% | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| Row houses - as a % of total occupied private dwellings | 1.34% | 1 | 7.9 |
| Apartments, duplex - as a % of total occupied private dwellings | 3.07% | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| Apartments in buildings with fewer than five storeys - as a % of total occupied private dwellings | 9.81% | 5.5 | 10.8 |
| Apartments in buildings with five or more storeys - as a % of total occupied private dwellings | 1.34% | 0.4 | 15.6 |
| Other dwellings - as a % of total occupied private dwellings | 1.73% | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| Number of owned dwellings | 4100 | 14,350 | 3,235,495 |
| Average gross monthly payment for owner-occupied dwellings | 678 | 550 | 1046 |
| Number of rented dwellings | 1160 | 2,810 | 1,312,290 |
| Average gross monthly payment for rented dwellings | 664 | 670 | 801 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census | |||
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