Families fear they'll be left out of Sydney's high-density future unless there's a shift toward building bigger apartments
ABCWhen Matt Carrigan and his family decided to embrace high-rise living, they didn't expect it to be so hard to find an apartment that could house them all. Key points: Rising house prices are driving families into smaller apartments The median price for a three-bedroom unit in Sydney is $1.3 million Experts are calling for more family-sized units on the market "There's so few three-bedroom apartments that you don't get a chance to look at many of them," he said, sitting beside moving boxes in his new 35th floor unit. More families turning to high-density living Natalia Krysiak, founder of family-focused urban design think tank Cities for Play, said the rising cost of housing was driving many families to cram into smaller apartments. "We could say 20 per cent of any apartments in a new development have to be for families with children and have to be designed in a family friendly manner," Professor Oldfield said. "We need housing diversity that better suits the varying needs of individuals and families, which includes multi-bedroom apartments," Mr Scully said.
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