Curtin University urban planning lecturer Dr Courtney Babb said he believed a shift towards working from home favoured suburban living.
“Over a long period of time, it might change the dynamics about where people decide to buy a house,” he said…
His university colleague Dr Shane Greive, who specialises in property research, said he believed the pandemic could spook people into reconsidering high-density living…
“We’ve been pushing urban consolidation, but consolidation links with public transport, it links with high density living — and now there’s a question mark over that.”