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Poppy Johnston

DARK SECRETS: Teachers nurses save for more than decade to buy home | Rare Historical Photos

Research shows how many years it will take workers to save for a deposit on an average-priced home. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Teachers, nurses and childcare workers face more than a decade of saving to buy a home on their own, analysis shows.

It would take 12 years for a primary school teacher and 11 for a registered nurse to save a deposit for the average-priced Australian home, Parliamentary Library modelling commissioned by the Greens shows.

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