Author: Brian September 23, 2013

New Australian homes are now the worlds biggest.

Here is a diagrammatic representation of the size compared with three other countries.

and here are the average home sizes  in square metres:

Australia	214
USA	201
Greece	126
Germany	109
Spain	97
Italy	81
Britain	76
China (Urban Only)	60
Hong Kong	45

Source http://reneweconomy.com.au

In the last 25 years while the size has increased by 10% while the average number of people per household has dropped from 2.7 to 2.6.

Instead of complaining about ‘Housing Affordability’ why aren’t we just building smaller houses?

 

See this post to see the size you need: How Much House?