The number of homes in the City of Melbourne almost doubled in the decade to 2012, as new clusters of high-rise precincts emerged across the city.

A Fairfax analysis found 24 blocks were now considered to be “super dense”, compared with just three in 2002. These blocks cram 150 to 500 homes into areas about the size of a cricket ground.

The news comes amid growing concerns that the city’s intense residential precincts are being poorly planned, with residents going without basic community infrastructure.

The skyscraper suburb of Southbank is now home to more than 11,000 Melburnians, but the postcode does not have a school, bank or post office.

“The big issue isn’t the development, it’s the lack of planning for the infrastructure that supports people living in the city,” Peter Renner, chairman of the committee of management at Southbank’s premium apartment building Freshwater Place, said.