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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mostafa Rachwani

Essential workers priced out of housing near Sydney workplaces face even longer commutes

A nurse at St Vincents hospital Sydney
Nurses, teachers and emergency responders are being priced out of the suburbs they work in, new data on NSW and Victoria shows. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

Essential workers in New South Wales such as teachers and nurses are being priced out of housing in suburbs near their workplaces and are facing longer commutes, new data reveals.

The data, provided by the Australian Urban Observatory and analysed by Guardian Australia, shows many essential workers are clustered in areas where housing is cheaper, but also that they face displacement from these areas as housing costs rise.

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