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Apartment living on the rise but dwellers aren't as happy as home owners

Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
Ingrid Fuary-WagnerExplainer editor
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Apartment living is set to play a big part in Australia's housing future and yet those living in apartments aren't as happy with their living arrangements as those in houses.

At the end of 2016, more apartments were built across Australia than houses for the first time ever, while over the past 25 years the number of occupied apartments in Australia increased by 78 per cent to 1.2 million dwellings.

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Ingrid Fuary-Wagner is the AFR's explainer editor, based in Sydney. She previously wrote about property and before that was news editor at Domain. Connect with Ingrid on Twitter. Email Ingrid at ingrid.fuary-wagner@afr.com

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