Home Research Generational change in home purchase opportunity in Australia Back to search Share Report Home ownership Housing markets Private rental Generational change in home purchase opportunity in Australia Final Report No. 232 Date Published: 05 Nov 2014 Authors: Terry Burke Wendy Stone Liss Ralston This report shows that Australian households have adapted to poorer housing affordability by borrowing more, deferring home purchase, switching into cheaper accommodation (such as apartments and townhouses) and moving to more affordable locations. Despite this, low-income and single-income working age households are increasingly being pushed out of the home purchase market. Related reports October 2014 Thirty years of public housing supply and consumption: 1981–2011 Full Publication Published by: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited ISSN: 1834-7223 ISBN: 978-1-922075-65-9 Citation: Burke, T., Stone, W., and Ralston, L. (2014) Generational change in home purchase opportunity in Australia, AHURI Final Report No. 232, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/232. RIS CITATION Burke, Terry Stone, Wendy Ralston, Liss