It's a great life downtown ... except for the noise

The typical central city apartment dweller in the capital is a young professional who dislikes city noise, the Wellington City Council has found.

The council conducted the Central City Apartment Dwellers survey last April to find out who lived in central apartments, what services they used or would like to use, and whether they were happy with their experience of city living.

In the results released last month, the council said the typical city apartment dweller was most likely to be a New Zealand European male or female, aged between 24 and 35, with a professional job in the downtown area.

They were most likely to live with a partner and have no children and a combined household income of more than $100,000.

Their apartment was most likely to have two bedrooms, be more than 100sq m in size, and be in the Willis/Cuba/Manners St area.

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Posted: 14 Apr 2009

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