Supporting Documents (Data and Analysis) - Satellite Beach

The population projections for the resident population reflect the City’s ability to manage growth
and the City’s Land Development Regulations also implement the City’s Comprehensive Plan
policies in these important areas:
1. Preventing overcrowding of land avoids undue concentration of population
2. Facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, recreational facilities, housing, water
and sewage treatment and other requirements and services
3. Ensuring adequate hurricane evacuation capabilities
4. Conserving, developing, utilizing, and protecting natural resources
Maintaining these regulations, particularly the intensity of use requirements, remains important
as build-out approaches and more redevelopment occurs.
Housing Characteristics
As represented in Table 3-2, Satellite Beach is a family oriented community with nearly 73% of
the households being considered families by the U.S. Census Bureau and nearly 30% of the
households containing individuals less than 18 years of age. There is also a considerable
retirement population with 36% of households having residents 65 years and older.
The predominant type of housing in Satellite Beach is the stand-alone single family dwelling,
consisting of 68% of the housing units. If you add attached single family units to that figure,
nearly 80% of the housing units are single family dwellings. The other 20% consist of
multifamily units. Shimberg reports that there are eight mobile homes in the City limits,
constituting a negligible 0.2% of the total housing units.
In 1995, the Comprehensive Plan indicated that there were a total of 4,205 dwelling units. In
2000, Shimberg Center indicated that there are a total of 4,257 housing units. This is an increase
of 52 units (1.4%) in 5 years. Additionally, the average household size is 2.42 persons per
household (2000 Census).
Table 3-3 demonstrates the breakdown of housing units by type in the City. In 2000, the
Shimberg Center and the US Census reports showed that 91.7% of housing units in the City were
occupied. Of the 3,896 occupied housing units, 83.3% were owner-occupied units and 19.2%
were renter-occupied units. For owner-occupied units, this is an increase of 3.5% from the 1995
estimate of 80.8% reported in the Comprehensive Plan. Conversely, the percentage of renteroccupied
units decreased from 19.2% in 1995 to 16.7% in 2000. Table 3-4 illustrates the ratio of
owner-occupied housing units to renter-occupied as shown in the 1995 City of Satellite Beach
Comprehensive Plan and estimated and projected by Shimberg for the following years. After
2000, Shimberg projects a slow but steady increase in homeownership and a decrease in the
proportion of renters at a proportionately inverse rate.
As discussed earlier, of the 4,247 total housing units in the City, 91.7% are occupied and 8.3%
are vacant for various reasons. Of the 351 units that Shimberg considers vacant, only 69 are
available for sale or rent. (See Table 3-5.)
Housing Element
Data and Analysis 3-3