‘Giving up size for proximity’: Australia’s newly-built houses are the smallest they’ve been in 17 years

Abstract

Australia’s newly built homes are the smallest they have been in 17 years, while new apartments are getting slightly bigger, research shows.

Homes are now 1.3 per cent smaller than they were a year ago, averaging 228.8 square metres. This is the smallest they’ve been since 2001-2002.