The graphs below compare the average sale price for 3-bedroom houses and changes in populatons in 4 Australian cities between 2012 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line charts provide information about the average prices of 3-bedroom houses and the movement in population size in four cities across Australia from 2012 to 2018.

Overall

, it is evident that the housing prices in

Sydney

were the most expensive among the selected areas,

while

in

Hobart

and

Adelaide

, they were the cheapest in 2012 and 2018, respectively. In terms of residents, the figures for

Melbourne

and

Hobart

were the highest and lowest respectively. Looking at

Sydney

and Melbourn in more detail, homes in

Sydney

were sold at the highest value of approximately $600,000 in 2012, followed by

Melbourne

with a value of only two-thirds of that. Over the 6-year period, the trend in both districts was constantly upward and

finally

reached their peak at $750,000 for

Sydney

and $500,000 for

Melbourne

. As for population size, the figures for these areas experienced a relative increase of 50% throughout the years, finishing at 90,000 residents in

Melbourne

and 75,000 in

Sydney

in the final year.

On the other hand

, in

Hobart

and

Adelaide

,

although

the number of inhabitants was far behind the other two areas, the average housing cost was just minimally lower than that in

Melbourne

. In 2012,

Hobart

had the cheapest housing value of $300,000;

however

, its house prices steadily rose by one-third and overtook its

Adelaide

counterparts in 2018.

In contrast

, the population size in both cities remained steady, with

Hobart

and

Adelaide

having 5,000 and 10,000 residents, respectively, in the final year.