Single detached homes are the most common housing type, representing around 60% of buildings in Newmarket, and the rest are mainly townhouses. Around 30% of properties in this town were constructed following the year 2000, while the majority of the remaining buildings were built pre-1960 and in the 1960s. This part of the Greater Toronto Area metropolitan area offers mainly three bedroom and four or more bedroom homes. Around 80% of the population of this town own their home and the remainder are renters.