{"id":11385,"date":"2017-04-18T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realestatetalk.com.au\/?p=11385"},"modified":"2017-04-18T03:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T17:00:08","slug":"melbourne-population-to-surge-michael-yardney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/channels.realty.com.au\/realtytalk\/melbourne-population-to-surge-michael-yardney\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne population to surge – Michael Yardney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plan Melbourne is the topic we take up with Michael Yardney<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The Melbourne population is tipped to almost double to 8 million people by 2051.
\nSo how will the city cope and will it continue to be awarded as the most liveable city?
\nTranscript:<\/strong>
\nKevin:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>A few weeks ago on the show, I was talking to Nerida Conisbee about what\u2019s happening in Melbourne in terms of the Victorian government there trying to make housing more affordable.
\nAffordability is one of those discussions we\u2019re going to have ongoing.
\nBut look, no doubt, we have to focus on Melbourne, because there\u2019s a lot of activity about what\u2019s happening in the area there in terms of developing new property.
\nThe Plan Melbourne forecast released recently shows an interesting insight as to what\u2019s going to happen in that capital city. Michael Yardney<\/a> joins me to talk about that.
\nMichael, tell me a little bit about Plan Melbourne. What\u2019s on the drawing board, and is it likely to have an impact?<\/b>
\nMichael:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Kevin, the Victorian government has revisited and revised its Plan Melbourne because the Melbourne population is forecast to grow from 4.5 million to almost 8 million by 2051. In fact, Victoria\u2019s total population will be 10 million.
\nNow, this is going to create some interesting social and infrastructure challenges.
\nIn particular, our network is going to cope with 10 million more trips a day, an increase of up to 80% in the next just over 30 years. And we\u2019re going to have to create another 1.5 million jobs for a changing workforce.
\nOne of the problems is Melbourne has been voted six years in a row as the world\u2019s most livable city. How is it going to keep that mantle as we grow, Kevin? That\u2019s going to be a challenge.<\/b>
\nKevin:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Michael, how many new houses are we going to require?<\/b>
\nMichael:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The forecast suggests 1.6 million homes, but more importantly, we\u2019re going to need to build the type of property that people want to live in and in the locations they want to live in, because currently we\u2019re building probably too much of the wrong thing \u2013 too many new off-the-plan, high-rise blocks in the inner city, and we\u2019re building a lot of new homes in the outer suburbs.
\nBut with all those new trips\u00a0<\/b>that are going to be required with the difficulty of our transport infrastructure coping, the challenge is going to be to build a lot of those properties in the middle-ring suburbs.<\/b>
\nKevin:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>That\u2019ll probably bring about a few objections, Michael, I would have thought.<\/b>
\nMichael:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Boy, will it, Kevin, because it suggests that 70% of the new dwellings are going to be built in the existing suburbs, and that is going to affect those people we call NIMBYs, those who say, \u201cYes, I\u2019m happy to have Melbourne grow, but not in my back yard.\u201d We\u2019re seeing already more of those big signs in people\u2019s front gardens from Save Our Suburbs saying things along the lines of \u201cWe oppose new development.\u201d
\nI think we\u2019re going to be in for some interesting times. But Kevin, the studies show that while Melbourne has grown considerably in the last 30 years, it is actually these rich Baby Boomer NIMBYs forcing the Millennials into the outer suburbs, because they haven\u2019t allowed much development at all.
\nWhile a lot of development has occurred in the inner suburbs and the outer suburbs, very little in the leafy green middle ring. But that\u2019s where the good schools are, that\u2019s where the good infrastructure is, that\u2019s where the amenities are, and that\u2019s where all the next generation wants to live.<\/b>
\nKevin:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>I guess we\u2019re just going to have to get used to a changing environment, aren\u2019t we?<\/b>
\nMichael:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>We are. Interestingly, we are nowhere near as dense as a lot of other big cities, but Melbourne and Sydney are both international capital cities, and there definitely is room for densification. Let us hope our politicians get the infrastructure right to make our cities remain as livable as they are.<\/b>
\nKevin:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>It\u2019s going to be interesting to watch what happens. Michael, thanks for your insight. Michael Yardney<\/a> from Metropole Property Strategists.<\/a>
\nThanks, Michael.<\/b>
\nMichael:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>My pleasure, Kevin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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