Finding somewhere to live

As if the news on how hard it would be to find a pharmacy placement once I got to Australia didn't leave me feeling pessimistic enough yesterday, a news article in the Australian newspaper 'The Age' has made it a whole load worse.

A report in the property section states that:

Melbourne has scored near the bottom of an international ranking of housing affordability, stoking fears runaway house prices have made Australia a less equitable country.

Now we kind of already knew this, which is why Hobart seemed a more logical choice if we were interested in purchasing a property of our own, but:

Sydney ranks among the least affordable places, with a 0 out of 5 rating, on a par with San Francisco and Hong Kong, while Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Hobart have a rating of 1.

This suggests it's not much better anywhere in Australia.
Adam