Research

Australian Cities for
a Metropolitan Age

JLL's first report in our Future Cities series, Australian Cities for a Metropolitan Age, reveals the urgency for demand in Australia’s cities which will be forced to become more metropolitan as cities continue to grow.

August 16, 2019

The race is on to build new office stock in the suburbs of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as Australia’s population heads towards 36 million and CBD markets are squeezed.

Australia’s five biggest cities will need to add more than 13 million square metres of new office space by 2047 to cope with population growth.

The first report in our Future Cities series, Australian Cities for a Metropolitan Age, reveals the urgency for demand in Australia’s cities which will be forced to become more metropolitan as cities continue to grow.