Living Conditions of Apartment Houses and Residents' View of Their Living Environment (Part 3)

Studies on State of the Residents of the Private Apartment Houses in Nagoya District and Their Demands for Housing

Abstract

We surveyed the construction trends of private apartment houses in Nagoya district. Basing on those materials we have investigated their demands for housing.
The result are as follows :
In recent years new construction pace of private apartment house in Nagoya district have been coming increase.
The average number of people dwelling in a private apartment house is three consisting of a couple and their child. 80% of residents are salaried families whose annual incomes are more than three million yen. The residents of apartment houses indicate the traffic convenience as the best merit of them. There are many residents who want to move from the apartment house to other places.
Reasons the residents pointed out for moving are as follows :
1. They want to move to the independent house with garden.
2. Floor spaces are too narrow.
Spaces room arrangements, prices and dweller's ages are the factors which reflect on intention to move from apartment house. From these reasons that private apartment houses do not serve enough as satisfied housing for city salaried man.