What makes a place feel like home?
When it comes to shaping cities, there are trade-offs. We know it's not always a binary — but if you had to lean one way, where would you sit? Tell us what you love — and help us build more of it.
Sydney is growing.
When it comes to shaping cities, there are trade-offs. We know it's not always a binary — but if you had to lean one way, where would you sit?
Tell us what you love — and help us build more of it.
Why are we asking?
Great density doesn't happen by accident. The Committee for Sydney is building the evidence base for better housing in Sydney, starting with what you actually love.
First, tell us a little about yourself. It helps us understand whose voices we're hearing.
Let's start with your major lifestyle trade-offs
Start with your lifestyle trade-offs. Watch the treemap on the right update in real-time.
What matters to you
Watch your priorities take shape
Scroll to reveal more preferences and refine your picture
Inside the home and out the back
Fine-tune how these preferences shape your ideal home.
What matters to you
Nearly there, keep going
Scroll to reveal more preferences
Your street and how you move through it
Adjust two more preferences to fine-tune how mobility and street life shape your ideal community.
What matters to you
One more step to go
Almost there — one last step
What's your neighbourhood like?
Tailor how your outlook informs your ideal neighbourhood.
What matters to you
Your full picture... see where it lands
Go on to see your ideal living environment!
Here's what home looks like
Based on what you've told us, here's where your ideal home sits on the density spectrum - and what
that means for how you'd live.
The things you love about where you live, space, connection, greenery, convenience, aren't just personal preferences.
Together, they shape what our neighbourhoods become. The Committee for Sydney is using responses like yours to understand
what loveable density looks like so we can advocate for more of it as Sydney grows.
Suburban/Rural Living
Urban/City Living
Your position on the density spectrum (based on your preferences above)
What matters to you
Your full picture based on all your preferences
Understanding Your Results
Your preferences reflect the complex trade-offs that Australian families face when choosing where to live. These decisions shape not just our daily routines, but entire communities and cities.
This analysis reveals how your personal housing preferences align with different urban density models across Australia.
You've learnt more about what matters. Now show us.
Write us a love letter
The Committee for Sydney is collecting love letters to the city we're building — short, personal pieces about what it means to love where you live in Sydney.
Tell us about your favourite place in Sydney. Your street, a park, a cafe strip, a neighbourhood you visited once and never forgot. What makes it good? What do you love about it?
A few sentences or a few paragraphs — whatever feels right.
If you have a photo of the place you'd like to share, or any other thoughts, we'd love to hear from you — please email: ddw@sydney.org.au.
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