'It's rough': How people saving for a home in Sydney have to rent so far outside of the city centre it takes FIVE HOURS to commute to work

  • People saving for a home in Sydney forced to commute five hours for work 
  • People are forced out of the city because of increasing house prices 
  • Kyle Price, 30, lives on NSW's Central Coast and commutes four hours every day 

By PETER DEVLIN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

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Sydneysiders trying to save for a home have been forced so far out of the city it takes them up to five hours to commute for work every day.

This on top of 10 or 12 hour work days is driving thousands of Australians mad and highlights the country's housing affordability crisis.

For many who live outside the city, jobs in that area simply do not pay enough to fund a mortgage.

Sydneysiders trying to save for a home have been forced so far out of the city it takes them up to five hours to commute for work every day (stock image) 

Sydneysiders trying to save for a home have been forced so far out of the city it takes them up to five hours to commute for work every day (stock image) 

Kyle Price, 30, lives on NSW's Central Coast and faces a four hour commute to work each day (he is pictured with his partner) 

Kyle Price, 30, lives on NSW's Central Coast and faces a four hour commute to work each day (he is pictured with his partner) 

Kyle Price (pictured at his Google office in Sydney) describes his daily commute as 'heartbreaking' 

Kyle Price (pictured at his Google office in Sydney) describes his daily commute as 'heartbreaking' 

Kyle Price, 30, thought he had everything under control. 

He got a well-paid job at Google in the city and combined income with his partner to buy a home on NSW's Central Coast.

But he has to leave home at 5.30am every day to catch a train to Pyrmont in the city, and gets home about 7pm. He describes this daily commute as 'heartbreaking'.

'It's rough. It's disheartening,' Mr Price told The Daily Telegraph.

'On a Tuesday or Wednesday when the end of the week is not insight you're like, "goddamn it I've gotta do this all over again tomorrow".

'It's very, very stressful. It's had an impact on me physically- I'm constantly stressed, you feel yourself ageing, you feel your body getting tight, it's tough.'

The NSW government's Greater Sydney Commission hopes to to sort out the city's commuting infrastructure issues by the year 2056, meaning people like Kyle Price face a four hour commute for the next 40 years.

The commission headed by Prime Minister Turnbull's wife, Lucy Turnbull, is responsible for planning for Sydney's rapidly growing population. 

Long commutes on top of 10 or 12 hour work days is driving thousands of Australians mad and highlights the country's housing affordability crisis (stock image) 

Long commutes on top of 10 or 12 hour work days is driving thousands of Australians mad and highlights the country's housing affordability crisis (stock image) 

 

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