No. 1
6500
The ranking given to Melbourne,
recently named the most liveable city
in the world. The same report (by the
Economist Intelligence Unit) named
Adelaide 6th, Sydney 7th and Perth 9th.
322m
The height of Australia's
tallest residential
building. Q1 on the
Gold Coast was opened
in 2005 and is the
world's third-tallest
residential tower.
The number of
apartments Lend Lease
has created in Australia
over the past 50 years.
$426 million
The biggest retail sale
across 2012–13—a
50% stake in Sydney's
Macquarie Centre, sold by
Westfield to AMP Capital.
110,000
The number of first-home
buyers predicted to enter
the market in 2014.
18.6%
23,000
The number of people
expected to work at Sydney's
Barangaroo precinct
when it is complete.
Increase in building
approvals nationally
in the year to
September 2013.
83.3%
Average auction clearance
rate over spring 2013,
compared to 63.1% in the
same period last year.
$432,066
4.9 million
The space taken up, in square
metres, by office stock in the
Sydney CBD, making it the biggest
office market in Australia.
The average price of an
apartment in Australia, a
growth in value of 1.3%
during the September
quarter and a jump of
4.9% in the past year.
Property facts
Sources: AMP Capital, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Property Monitors, www.barangaroo.com, Colliers International,
Economist Intelligence Unit, Forbes, Lend Lease, www.qi.com.au, Savills
