More ‘Family-Friendly’ Apartments Needed: Report

Well-located, higher-density housing is needed for families raising children in apartments in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales, the James Martin Institute (JMI) for Public Policy proposes. In the “Planning for the inclusion of families with children in apartments” report, JMI Policy fellow and author Sophie-May Kerr, reveals the challenges experienced by families amid the housing shift in Australia. Families with children account for almost 44 percent of all families in apartments nationwide, according to the 2016 Census. In New South Wales, 68 percent of families live in two-bedroom apartments, 61 percent of these families have one child, while 32 percent have two children, according to the report....