Majority of Aussies living in homes that are 'too big'

A mostly of Australians are surviving successful houses excessively large for them, caller information reveals.

Up to 60 per cent of Aussies either unrecorded connected their ain aliases pinch conscionable 1 different person, but nan bulk of houses successful Australia person 3 bedrooms aliases more, a study from Cotality shows.

The reasons for Aussies wanting larger homes see nan desire to person a location agency arsenic activity from location rises, arsenic good arsenic having a spare chamber for visitors.

Houses person besides go larger complete time; arsenic nan municipality sprawl pushes caller developments further distant from municipality centres, homeowners prioritise features specified arsenic location gyms and location theatres.

However, it could origin inefficiencies successful really lodging is allocated crossed nan country, exacerbating nan lodging situation that has gripped Australia.

"When astir Australians image nan 'Great Australian Dream', they spot a family pinch kids successful a 3 aliases four-bedroom house. But information shows that dream does not lucifer reality," Eliza Owen from Cotality said.

"Couples without children and group surviving unsocial dress up nan mostly of households, raising questions astir really good our lodging marketplace is serving existent demand."

One-bedroom and workplace homes dress up conscionable six per cent of Australia's existent lodging stock.

Despite this, location is immoderate alteration opening to beryllium seen; nan stock of units and dwellings different than houses has risen to 40 per cent, which would supply a much due lodging action for smaller households, according to Owen.

She said governments request to return much action to thief stimulate change, however.

"Governments could make it much costly to person much lodging than you need, and cheaper to unrecorded successful smaller housing," she said.

"Many advocator for taxation betterment for illustration abolishing stamp work - which makes it cheaper to move lodging - and replacing it pinch a broad-based onshore tax, which raises costs nan much onshore you own."

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