The Australian Good Life: The Fraying of a Suburban Template

Australian Cities in the 21st Century: Suburbs and Beyond

“…no. no Environment (Burton, 2015;Hamnett, 2015) have shown how this stereotype of the Australian suburb has been modified since the 1960s, as the form and density of many new housing developments has changed, as accommodation has become less affordable for younger people, and as Australian cities have become more cosmopolitan and diverse, prompting questions about the extent to which current and future generations of Australians will continue to aspire to this version of the suburban ideal. But recent research by Gordon et al has shown that more than three-quarters of the population of Australia's largest cities continue to live in suburbs and these authors concluded that:…”