This shows an old building in inner city Sydney in the process of being demolished. Probably to be replaced with another apartment block. The local council decreed that any apartment block over four floors high has to be provided with lifts (elevators). But lifts are expensive so most apartment blocks only have the four floors.

You don't have to go very far from the inner city though for housing to be dominated by single storey bungalows on the legendary "quarter acre block" - big enough for houses to have a front yard, back yard and space for car parking.