{"id":28927,"date":"2020-11-10T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T21:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=28927"},"modified":"2020-11-10T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T21:57:59","slug":"australian-houses-are-the-worlds-biggest-commsec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/australian-houses-are-the-worlds-biggest-commsec\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian houses are the world’s biggest: CommSec"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: It’s not just housing which is getting bigger either.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australia is again building the biggest houses in the world, data commissioned by CommSec from the ABS has found.<\/p>\n

The average new house built in 2019\/20 was 235.8 square metres, up 2.9 per cent on the year and the biggest increase in 11 years.<\/p>\n

Latest data from the US, from 2019, saw their average house size build drop to 233.1 square metres, the fourth year in a row the figure has declined. Its most recent contraction was three per cent.<\/p>\n

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It’s not just housing which is getting bigger either.<\/p>\n

The average size of an apartment in Australia is six per cent higher over the year, hitting a decade high of 136.8 square metres.<\/p>\n

The ACT built the biggest houses in Australia in 2019\/20, ahead of Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia.<\/p>\n

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Despite lifting six per cent last year, the average house in NSW is six per cent smaller than Victoria.<\/p>\n

The smallest new houses built were in Tasmania, an average size of 179 sqm.<\/p>\n

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The biggest ‘other dwellings’, which incorporates townhouses and apartments, are found in Victoria, with an average of 155 sqm, followed by Western Australia at 150.5 sqm.<\/p>\n

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