House Shopping

Obviously at some point in life YOU WILL BUY A HOUSE! So let's go shopping for that!!!

While doing house shopping you will be looking at factors causing change in the Australian community. These include changing nature and patterns of work, cultural integration, demographic change & new technologies.

Task:

• In pairs of two, you are to read your scenario and work out which suburb you will live in.
• You need to type all of your information in a PowerPoint presentation.

Steps:

• Read your scenario

• Go to Google maps and look at the city of Sydney. Find a suburb in which you would want to live in.

• Go to Google and type in "average house price YOUR SUBURB". Scroll down and click on the website domain.com.au....... scroll down to where it says "median price". See if that price is within your budget. If it's not, that means you need to find another suburb!

• Go to www.realestate.com.au and find a house in your desired suburb and the price range which meets the needs of your scenario (for e.g being close to the medical centre).

• Create your PowerPoint by answering the questions on the next page.

YOUR POWERPOINT SLIDES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

Slide 1: Your scenario

Slide 2: Type in your suburb and include information such as the latitude & longitude, history about it, what is the area of it, when was it found etc. Also tell me why have you chosen that suburb to live in.

Slide 3: A picture of your house and its features such as how many bedrooms, garage, toilets and bathroom. what is the reason why you have picked that house?

Slide 4: Suburb profile. what is the population of your suburb and what is the population distribution. so is it low, medium or high density?

Slide 5: Suburb demographics and ethnic composition. Go on Google and type "Your Suburb demographics". Click on the first website myboot.com.

What is the postcode, what percentage of people were born in Australia, what are the top 5 countries of origin for your suburb, do you fit in with the ethnic character of the suburb?

Slide 6: Indigenous heritage of the area. What is the Indigenous history of the suburb?

Slide 7: Jobs. Go onto seek.com.au. Enter your suburb only in the search box and click on "seek". Identify the types of jobs in your suburb. Is it mostly full-time, part-time or casual?

Slide 8: New technology. Does your suburb have internet? Solar panels?

Slide 9: Travel time. How long would it take to travel to Sydney CBD from your suburb? Your parents home? Your work?

Slide 10: Identity. What identity does your suburb have? Is it rich, poor, young, old, ethnic?

Slide 11: How is the suburb changing?

Slide 12: Involvement in your suburb. What sort of community groups are operating in your suburb? what is their role?